Permission errors when updating

[Ken Sharp]

My system keeps e-mailing me errors every time updates are attempted.

/usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs: 779: cannot create /var/lib/clamav-unofficial-sigs/configs/previous-dbs.txt: Permission denied
/usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs: 820: cannot create /var/lib/clamav-unofficial-sigs/configs/db-changes.txt: Permission denied

Access to all Sanesecurity mirror sites failed - Check for connectivity issues
or signature database name(s) misspelled in the script's configuration file.
/usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs: 1146: cannot create /var/lib/clamav-unofficial-sigs/configs/last-si-update.txt: Permission denied
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
curl: (6) Could not resolve host: clamav.securiteinfo.com
/usr/sbin/clamav-unofficial-sigs: 1281: cannot create /var/lib/clamav-unofficial-sigs/configs/last-mbl-update.txt: Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/mbl-dbs/mbl.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_cracked_URL.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_cracked_URL.ndb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_malware_URL.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_malware_URL.ndb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_malware_attach.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_malware_attach.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_phishing_URL.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/bofhland_phishing_URL.ndb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/crdfam.clamav.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/crdfam.clamav.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/doppelstern.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/doppelstern.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/phishtank.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/phishtank.ndb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/sanesecurity.ftm': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/sanesecurity.ftm.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/sigwhitelist.ign2': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/sigwhitelist.ign2.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/spamattach.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/spamattach.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/spamimg.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/spamimg.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow.attachments.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow.attachments.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_bad_cw.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_bad_cw.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_extended_malware.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_extended_malware.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_malware.hdb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_malware.hdb.sig': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_malware_links.ndb': Operation not permitted
chmod: changing permissions of '/var/cache/clamav-unofficial-sigs/ss-dbs/winnow_malware_links.ndb.sig': Operation not permitted

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: clamav-unofficial-sigs 3.7.2-2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-17.17~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Thu Feb 8 13:55:28 2024
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: clamav-unofficial-sigs
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
modified.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: [modified]
mtime.conffile..etc.apport.crashdb.conf: 2019-08-06T11:56:22.315382