Re: [Clamav-users] Starting clamd [FAILED]

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Author: Gavin Bartle
Date:  
To: clamav-users
Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Starting clamd [FAILED]
Hi, Thanks for the pointers, however i don't think i can run freshclam
without the clamd service running

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[root@hwk-proxy-01 var]# chown -R clamav /var/clamav


[root@hwk-proxy-01 var]# freshclam
ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 16 10:13:25 2008
main.cvd is up to date (version: 47, sigs: 312304, f-level: 31, builder: sven)
Downloading daily-7724.cdiff [100%]
daily.cld updated (version: 7724, sigs: 40895, f-level: 33, builder: guitar)
Database updated (353199 signatures) from db.gb.clamav.net (IP: 80.82.245.8)
WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through
/tmp/clamd.socket
connect(): No such file or directory

[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]
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