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

On 2008-07-16 12:58, Gavin Bartle wrote:
> Hi, as far as i know clamd-0.93.3-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm is the latest
> version , and i have that installed.
>
> However i had the same problem starting clamd
>
>
> [root@hwk-proxy-01 var]# cd /var/clamav/
> [root@hwk-proxy-01 clamav]# ls
> daily.cld main.cvd mirrors.dat
> [root@hwk-proxy-01 clamav]# rm *
> rm: remove regular file `daily.cld'? y
> rm: remove regular file `main.cvd'? y
> rm: remove regular file `mirrors.dat'? y
>
> [root@hwk-proxy-01 clamav]# freshclam
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 16 10:58:24 2008
> Downloading main.cvd [100%]
> main.cvd updated (version: 47, sigs: 312304, f-level: 31, builder: sven)
> Downloading daily.cvd [100%]
> daily.cvd updated (version: 7724, sigs: 40895, f-level: 33, builder: guitar)
> Database updated (353199 signatures) from db.gb.clamav.net (IP: 193.19.98.136)
> WARNING: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through
> /tmp/clamd.socket
> connect(): No such file or directory
>
> [root@hwk-proxy-01 clamav]# 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]
>

Do you have SELinux enabled?
If yes, you'll need to check that the paths configured in its policy is
correct for clamav.

Best regards,
--Edwin

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