Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Bob Miller
Hi Dennis, > What is the state of selinux on your system? This is found in some > distributions by running getenforce at the command line. This is a stock debian jesse build. As I understand it, selinux is not enabled by default, and I can find no evidence there are any policies in effect. >

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Bob Miller
Hi Bryan, Thank you very much for contributing your thoughts to this thread. > E.g. 007 permissions (--rwx) does *not* give 'everyone' read/write/execute > permissions; it only gives people who are (1) not the owner/in the owner > class, and (2) > not in the owning group/in the group class.

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Bob Miller
Hello, > > You might be. Please look at the permissions of the parent > > directory. > > You might then want to make changes to those permissions and once > > more > > repeat your tests. Note: In a *n[iu]x system you can delete a file > > in > > a directory to which you can write, even if you ca

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 7/30/13 11:18:36AM, Bob Miller wrote: Hello, I am trying to trace the reasoning behind behaviour I don't understand with regard to permissions on the clamd.socket and simscan. What is the state of selinux on your system? This is found in some distributions by running getenforce at the comm

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Bryan Burke
> How can world rw not work unless the user/group is > correct, is this some sort of umask thing? I think I can answer this one, at least. Thinking of the last permissions' set as 'world' is misleading. This last set is more properly the 'other' class. And in fact, the first two sets (owner and

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng.
- Original Message - > Hi there, > > On Fri, 2 Aug 2013, Bob Miller wrote: > > > Were you expecting something different? > > Not necessarily, but it tells me something. :) > > > Or more likely, am I missing something obvious here? > > You might be. Please look at the permissions of

Re: [clamav-users] clamd socket permissions

2013-08-02 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Fri, 2 Aug 2013, Bob Miller wrote: Were you expecting something different? Not necessarily, but it tells me something. :) Or more likely, am I missing something obvious here? You might be. Please look at the permissions of the parent directory. You might then want to make ch