Thanks Niek, Yes it was permissions in the end... but not just in /var/spool/qmailscan where I started looking. I fixed the /var/spool/qmailscan permissions by altering /usr/local/etc/clamav.conf and changing the line "User clamav" to "User qscand"
That still didn't fix the problem. Then I looked at /tmp/clamd.log and found the following message: Thu Jun 3 10:41:40 2004 -> ERROR: Can't save PID in file /var/run/clamd.pid The directory /var/run had ownership of root.root and permissions of drwxr-xr-x, so neither user clamav or user qscand had write permissions in /var/run. It would seem that clamd changes user before creating /var/run/clamd.pid. So I did a fairly ugly thing (hangs head a moment in shame) and changed ownership of /var/run to root.qscand and changed permissions with chmod g+w /var/run to allow the qscand group to have write privileges. Problem fixed! Now, this solution works for me because this box is only ever destined to be a dedicated mailserver... but it's not going to be for everybody! Good luck guys. Paul. -----Original Message----- From: Niek Baakman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:54 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: Paul Norris Subject: Re: [Qmail-scanner-general]Known problem? - Can't access the file ERROR Paul Norris wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm using: > qmail-scanner-1.22 > clamdscan: 0.71. > spamassassin: 2.63 > > I'm getting the following error from clamdscan: > /var/spool/qmailscan/tmp/ms11086219940479419: Can't access the file ERROR perhaps clamdscan has no permission to enter the directory? > I can verify that clamdscan works from the command line. > > I think it's a permissions problem rather than a memory problem... I've > tried softlimits of 15Mb, 25Mb and even the "stupid" 100Mb. I have > qmail-scanner 1.20/clamdscan 0.68 working on another box with a softlimit > of 12Mb. > > Is this a known issue? Any suggestions and/or solutions? > > Paul Norris Niek ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ Qmail-scanner-general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qmail-scanner-general
