From clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Wed Jul 16 10:11:45 2008 Return-Path: X-Original-To: list@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: list@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id E4o6rLiydkjb; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tad.clamav.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B02A16C0D1; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wwPm4Gwti8rv for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Greylist: delayed 770 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at tad; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:37 CEST Received: from uk-chillies.internext.co.za (uk-chillies.internext.co.za [80.68.94.92]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7B616C098 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.32] (dsl-243-79-56.telkomadsl.co.za [41.243.79.56]) (authenticated bits=0) by uk-chillies.internext.co.za (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m6G7wfQX025359 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:58:45 +0200 Message-ID: <487DAA30.2030400@internext.co.za> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:58:40 +0200 From: Stefan Schoeman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ClamAV users ML References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Starting clamd [FAILED] X-BeenThere: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: ClamAV users ML List-Id: ClamAV users ML List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Errors-To: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Maybe try : chown -R clamav /var/clamav and then freshclam Perhaps the files inside /var/clamav are not present, or do not belong to the correct user. Gavin Bartle wrote: > Hi folks > > Im running CentOS 5, squid is installed, next step clam then dans. > However im having problems getting clam install ; > > i've installed the following packages via RPM -i > > http://packages.sw.be/clamav/clamav-0.93.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > http://packages.sw.be/clamav/clamav-db-0.93.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > http://packages.sw.be/clamav/clamav-devel-0.93.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > http://packages.sw.be/clamav/clamd-0.93.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > > however when i try to start the clamd i get the below > > [root@hwk-proxy-01 var]# service clamd start > > Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): > Can't open directory /var/clamav > ERROR: Unable to open file or directory > [FAILED] > > The folder is there in /var > > drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav clamav 4096 Jul 9 21:24 clamav > > I'm sure this is a pretty simple error but its all new to me, ive been > hunting online but cant find any solution, can anyone help ? > > Many thanks > Gavin > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml