CLAMAV NOT RUNNING? Possible Solution

[Javier Perez]

try running clamd by itself
what does it say?
what does it complains of when starting?

Javier

On 4/21/06, William Case <billlinux at rogers.com> wrote:
>
> Forgot to mention:
>
> On Fri, 2006-21-04 at 11:41 -0400, William Case wrote:
> > Hi Javier or anyone else.
> >
> > I still can't get clamd running even after your helpful suggestions.
> >
> > freshclam works
> > clamscan works
> >
> > [root ~]# clamdscan
> > ERROR: Clamd is not configured properly.
> >
> > [root ~]# service clamd start
> > clamd: unrecognized service
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 01:45 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> > > OK.
> > > check out where your clamav.log file is. clamav.conf should say it.
> > > Or you can try and look it up on /var/log/clamav
> >
> > ls: /var/log/campav: No such file or directory
> > Am I supposed to create a campav directory in /var/log or does clamav do
> > it?
> > >
> > > try to start clamd with
> > >
> > > # service clamd start
> >
> > clamd: unrecognized service
> >
> > >
> > > check out the logs. what are they telling you?
> >
> > Nothing.  clamav.log doesn't exist.  Message and mail are silent.
> >
> > > a common error is that clamav might be looking for its configuration
> > > file in /etc/ instead of /etc/clamav
> >
> > Done.  No /etc/clamav but there is a /etc/clamd.d -- created link there.
> >
> There is no /etc/clamav.conf.  There is a /etc/clamd.conf.
> Linked /etc/clamd.conf to /etc/clamd.d/clamd.conf
>
> >
> > > you could solve it by using a symbolic link
> > >
> >
> > All help greatly received.  I haven't felt so frustrated since I first
> > installed Red Hat 7.0.
> >
> > Regards Bill
> >
>
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