Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread Al Varnell
On Jul 31, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Bob Miller wrote: > Hello, > >>> I realize seeing this that the list rules are not to top post, yet my >>> very first reply to this list that is exactly what I did. >> >> What list rules would that be? >> >> >> -Al- > > This is the content of the mail I received

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread Bob Miller
Hello, > > I realize seeing this that the list rules are not to top post, yet my > > very first reply to this list that is exactly what I did. > > What list rules would that be? > > > -Al- This is the content of the mail I received upon having my subscription to this list approved, the last en

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread A K Varnell
On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Bob Miller wrote: > > I realize seeing this that the list rules are not to top post, yet my > very first reply to this list that is exactly what I did. What list rules would that be? -Al- -- Al Varnell Mountain View, CA ___

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread Bob Miller
Hi Dennis, Many thanks for the time you took to reply. Though I have had any epiphanies yet, talking the situation over definitely helps... > Running clamd as root is probably a bad idea but I can imagine a lot of > debate I'm not interested in rising from that statement. If I understand this

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread Dennis Peterson
Running clamd as root is probably a bad idea but I can imagine a lot of debate I'm not interested in rising from that statement. It is not something I would do. When I hit this problem of allowing clamd and my milters to share that and other sockets I put them all in the same UID/GID (not root)

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread Bob Miller
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond. It is truly appreciated... I was able to make your suggestion work by removing the following two lines from clamd.conf: User clamav LocalSocketGroup simscan which creates the socket thusly: srw-rw 1 root root0 Jul 31 10:04 clamd.socke

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-07-31 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Bob Miller wrote: Thanks for any thoughts you wish to share... Set the owner of the socket to root, and then repeat your tests. -- 73, Ged. ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net