F16 freshclam "Notify Clamd"

Paul Allen Newell pnewell at cs.cmu.edu
Sat Jan 28 07:21:41 UTC 2012


On 1/26/2012 10:03 AM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
> On 1/26/2012 6:43 AM, Frank Murphy wrote:
>> On 26/01/12 14:35, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>>>
>>> If it shows to be stopped or killed, start it:
>>>
>>> # systemctl start clamd.service
>>
>> It appears to be selinux currenlty preventing:
>> systemctl start clamd.service as it clamd want to open the clamd log.
>> so have sent a bz, as well as do the local policy.
>>
>
> Frank:
>
> I've been having issues with clamav, though not as severe as yours. 
> Lots of warnings in /var/log/audit/audit.log. Have to run virus scans 
> in permissive mode when the scan is being executed by rc.local. 
> Similar with freshclam though permissive mode is academic for it.
>
> It appears to not be an issue if run as a cronjob.
>
> On F14, I get pop-up warnings about check Selinux Alert Browser to see 
> the problems. On F16, I am not getting any selinux alerts and was 
> directed to existing bug 782269. Apparently one other issue is that 
> freshclam.log isn't properly set up on the default install and I was 
> advised to run /sbin/restorecon /var/log/freshclam.log (apparently 
> this is being fixed as bug 754555). I was asked to submit bug 784122 
> regarding the warnings when doing a freshclam.
>
> I don't know if any of these are helpful, but I thought I would send 
> them along and let you take a look if you wish.
>
> You mentioned that you submitted a bz ... can I get the number?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>

I was hoping you'd share the Bugzilla you referred to in your statement:
+++
It appears to be selinux currenlty preventing:
systemctl start clamd.service as it clamd want to open the clamd log.
so have sent a bz, as well as do the local policy
+++

Thanks in advance,
Paul



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