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

[Sérgio Basto]

On Sex, 2013-05-17 at 17:03 +0300, Cristian Sava wrote: 
> 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?

I please file a bug in
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=clamav

for packages maintainers fix it.

Thanks, 
  
> C. Sava
> 
> 

-- 
Sérgio M. B.