F19 missing "clamupdate" user/group warnings ... future problems - and a fix

[Cristian Sava]

On Fri, 2013-05-17 at 15:59 +0300, Cristian Sava wrote:
> Installing F19 mail server ... "clamupdate" user/group problem:
> 
> [root at physics ~]# yum install amavisd-new spamassassin clamav
> clamav-data clamav-server clamav-server-sysvinit clamav-update unzip
> bzip2 pax
> 
> ...
> Running transaction check
> Running transaction test
> Transaction test succeeded
> Running transaction
>   Installing : perl-Sys-Syslog-0.32-1.fc19.x86_64               1/114 
>   Installing : perl-LWP-MediaTypes-6.02-2.fc19.noarch           2/114
>   Installing :perl-NetAddr-IP-4.068-1.fc19.x86_64               3/114 
>   Installing : perl-XML-SAX-Base-1.08-7.fc19.noarch             4/114 
> Usage: groupadd [options] GROUP
> 
> Options:
>   -f, --force                   exit successfully if the group already
> exists,
>                                 and cancel -g if the GID is already used
>   -g, --gid GID                 use GID for the new group
>   -h, --help                    display this help message and exit
>   -K, --key KEY=VALUE           override /etc/login.defs defaults
>   -o, --non-unique              allow to create groups with duplicate
>                                 (non-unique) GID
>   -p, --password PASSWORD       use this encrypted password for the new
> group
>   -r, --system                  create a system account
>   -R, --root CHROOT_DIR         directory to chroot into
> 
> useradd: group 'clamupdate' does not exist
>   Installing : clamav-filesystem-0.97.8-1.fc19.noarch            5/114 
> warning: user clamupdate does not exist - using root
> warning: group clamupdate does not exist - using root
>   Installing : clamav-data-0.97.8-1.fc19.noarch                  6/114 
> warning: user clamupdate does not exist - using root
> warning: group clamupdate does not exist - using root
> warning: user clamupdate does not exist - using root
> warning: group clamupdate does not exist - using root
>   Installing : clamav-lib-0.97.8-1.fc19.x86_64                   7/114 
>   Installing : clamav-server-0.97.8-1.fc19.x86_64                8/114 
>   Installing : perl-Module-Runtime-0.013-4.fc19.noarch           9/114 
>   Installing : perl-Try-Tiny-0.12-2.fc19.noarch                 10/114 
>   Installing : perl-Module-Implementation-0.06-6.fc19.noarch    11/114 
>   Installing : perl-Params-Validate-1.07-2.fc19.x86_64          12/114 
> .......
>   Installing : amavisd-new-2.8.0-5.fc19.noarch                 110/114 
>   Installing : clamav-server-sysvinit-0.97.8-1.fc19.noarch     111/114 
>   Installing : clamav-0.97.8-1.fc19.x86_64                     112/114 
>   Installing : clamav-update-0.97.8-1.fc19.x86_64              113/114 
> /usr/bin/chown: invalid group: ‘root:clamupdate’
>   Installing : pax-3.4-15.fc19.x86_64                          114/114 
> ..........
> Complete!
> [root at physics ~]# 
> 
> And:
> 
> [root at physics ~]# /usr/bin/freshclam
> WARNING: Can't get information about user clamupdate.
> 
> freshclam does not update the virus list but the server is still
> working.
> Until now we had:
> 
> [cristi at s198 ~]$ sudo cat /etc/passwd | grep clamupdate
> clamupdate:x:992:989:Clamav database update
> user:/var/lib/clamav:/sbin/nologin
> [cristi at s198 ~]$ 
> 

[root at physics etc]# groupadd clamupdate -g 992
[root at physics etc]# useradd clamupdate -u 992 -g 992 -s /sbin/nologin -c
"Clamav database update user" -M -d /var/lib/clamav
[root at physics lib]# ls -l | grep clam
drwxr-xr-x  2 root      root    4096 May 17 14:14 clamav
[root at physics lib]# chown clamupdate:clamupdate clamav
[root at physics lib]# ls -l | grep clam
drwxr-xr-x  2 clamupdate clamupdate 4096 May 17 14:14 clamav
[root at physics lib]# 

[root at physics clamav]# /usr/bin/freshclam
ClamAV update process started at Fri May 17 16:55:08 2013
main.cvd is up to date (version: 54, sigs: 1044387, f-level: 60,
builder: sven)
Downloading daily-17145.cdiff [100%]
......
Downloading daily-17229.cdiff [100%]
daily.cld updated (version: 17229, sigs: 1272216, f-level: 63, builder:
neo)
Downloading bytecode.cvd [100%]
bytecode.cvd updated (version: 214, sigs: 41, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
Database updated (2316644 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP:
195.30.97.3)
[root at physics clamav]# ls -l
total 108224
-rw-r--r-- 1 clamupdate clamupdate    60125 May 17 16:56 bytecode.cvd
-rw-r--r-- 1 clamupdate clamupdate 79996928 May 17 16:55 daily.cld
-rw-r--r-- 1 clamupdate clamupdate 30750647 Jun 16  2012 main.cvd
-rw------- 1 clamupdate clamupdate       52 May 17 16:56 mirrors.dat
[root at physics clamav]# 

The server is working ok.
I used uid:gid = 992:992 instead of 992:989 (989 seem wrong to me).
Someone else with a better fix?

C. Sava