Hi Jeff, I think you may have run into this issue with ClamOnAcc's --log=FILE option https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/168 [https://opengraph.githubassets.com/01d4084328497840588425d18c0f5249e974f585a8ac9032deb27d05b62835dd/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/168]<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/168> Files with cryptic names get written in / (unix root) · Issue #168 · Cisco-Talos/clamav<https://github.com/Cisco-Talos/clamav/issues/168> Describe the bug On Debian/Ubuntu 20.04+ files with cryptic names get written in / (unix root): -rw-r----- 1 root root 0 Jun 8 13:54 ''$'\\006''1'$'\\375\\226\\035''... github.com I don't know what the exact source of the bug is, but it should go away if you don't use the --log option.
Regards, Micah Micah Snyder ClamAV Development Talos Cisco Systems, Inc. ________________________________ From: clamav-users <[email protected]> on behalf of Hoevenaar, Jeffrey (GE Aviation, US) via clamav-users <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2022 4:51 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: Hoevenaar, Jeffrey (GE Aviation, US) <[email protected]> Subject: [clamav-users] error files in / I am getting these strange files in the root file system “/” on my linux servers. -rw-r-----. 1 root root 98 Apr 13 08:00 @??E?U -rw-r-----. 1 root root 75 Apr 26 08:00 @g6??U -rw-r-----. 1 root root 75 Apr 1 08:00 @g)$?U The files contain the error message. ERROR: ClamClient: Connection to clamd failed, Couldn't resolve host name. ClamScanQueue: stopped I believe it is occurring when the clam services are restarted each day. Any idea how to route these errors messages elsewhere? Thanks, Jeff Hoevenaar
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