Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-01 Thread Bob Miller
Hello, > > srw-rw 1 root root0 Jul 31 10:04 clamd.socket > > > > This way clamd runs as root, daemontools can restart clamd, and simscan > > can scan the test message. It works, but I am not really liking the > > idea of running clamd as root. > > That wasn't what I suggested, and I agre

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-01 Thread Joel Esler
I'll remove that rule. Let's not enforce arbitrary rules for facilitating communication. While I prefer inline/bottom posting, I'm not going to insist on it just in order for us to communicate. Personally I feel inline and bottom posting makes things clearer, but we are all adults here. Do w

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-01 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Thu, 1 Aug 2013, Bob Miller wrote: G.W. Haywood wrote: > Set the owner of the socket to root, and then repeat your tests. 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 t