don't start freshclam

[Riccardo Angelino]

Binary package hint: clamav

Hello,
There is a problem with the update of clamav, freshclam typing in the terminal does not update the virus database, errors are displayed:
ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!).
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).

Step to reproduce:
1) Open the terminal and type freshclam;
Expected results:
1) Update Virus Database;
Actual results:
1) Do not update the virus database and displays errors.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: clamav-freshclam 0.96.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 10 14:12:39 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: clamav

[Imre Gergely (cemc)]

I'm not sure freshclam was ment to be run by a normal user. There's a freshclam daemon, which runs in the background as 'clamav' user, and it takes care of updating the database. If you run it as a normal user, it won't have permissions to open the logfiles, to open the database directory, etc.

You can check that freshclam is running with the following command:

"ps axu |grep freshclam"

If it's not running, try starting it:

/etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start

[Riccardo Angelino (riccardoangelino)]

Ok, thank you.

The freshclam is running.