Re: [Clamav-users] Clamav suddenly died on several boxes

On Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:07:32 +0200
Luigi Iotti <clamav@iotti.biz> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm new on the list, is this is a FAQ please tell me so. I'm unsure if
> my problem is related to the other one that today is discussed on the
> list.
>
> I have several clamav installations. I use it with Postfix on CentOS
> (very similar to Red Hat). I use the clamav RPM packages available on
> http://crash.fce.vutbr.cz , but recompiled on CentOS.
>
> Last night suddenly, on several of my custoers' mail servers, clamd
> stopped running.
> In the lo I find:
> Wed Apr 11 04:02:13 2007 -> SelfCheck: Database status OK.
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:23 2007 -> SelfCheck: Database modification detected.
> Forcing reload.
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> ERROR: reload db failed: Broken or not a CVD
> file Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> Terminating because of a fatal error.
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> Socket file removed.
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> Pid file removed.
> Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007 -> --- Stopped at Wed Apr 11 04:38:24 2007

This seems to be caused by some 3rd party cron script, see
http://lurker.clamav.net/message/20070411.175950.b7329d9f.en.html

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