--- Gabriel George POPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have the following problem when running freshclam: > # freshclam > ClamAV update process started at Fri Feb 24 17:58:29 2006 > ERROR: Can't get information about db.ro.clamav.net: Host not found > Connection with db.ro.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed. > Trying again in 5 secs... > ClamAV update process started at Fri Feb 24 17:58:34 2006 > ERROR: Can't get information about db.ro.clamav.net: Host not found > Connection with db.ro.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed. > Trying again in 5 secs... > Or even better: > # freshclam > ClamAV update process started at Fri Feb 24 17:59:02 2006 > ERROR: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: Host not found > Connection with database.clamav.net (IP: ???) failed. > Trying again in 5 secs... > BUT: > > # ping database.clamav.net > PING db.northeu.clamav.net (83.148.101.196): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 83.148.101.196: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=115.432 ms > --- db.northeu.clamav.net ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 115.432/115.432/115.432/0.000 ms > > AND: > # ping db.ro.clamav.net > PING db.ro.clamav.net (192.129.4.120): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 192.129.4.120: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=81.649 ms > --- db.ro.clamav.net ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 81.649/81.649/81.649/0.000 ms > > (I am from Romania, obviously) > > > I really don't know what's wrong. Could someone tell me? Oh, and it > would be very nice to find out from you if there is a > tutorial treating clamav, freshclam, clamd and clamsmtpd with Sendmail > on a usual mail server (with POP3 and IMAP enabled).
Are you running freshclam in a chroot jail?
