Re: [AMaViS-user] Problem integrating ClamAV into Amavis

mahoneyf wrote:

> I'm running an rather old version of Amavis (not able to upgrade it at
> this time). I've been using amavis with uvscan, but am now trying to
> integrate clamav to replace uvscan.

> I've been very careful to verify that the amavis stanza in
> amavisd.conf points to the same socket file as clamd.conf specifies,
> I've configured clamav to run as user amavis, and I've set ownership
> of the clamav files to amavis.

> When I start amavis I get the following in amavis.log:
> Jul 10 10:02:16 pd.iowatelecom.net amavisd[7280]: (07280-01) WARN: all
> primary virus scanners failed, considering backups

> The appropriate section of amavisd.conf looks like:
> ['Clam Antivirus-clamd',
> \&ask_daemon, ["CONTSCAN {}\n", "/var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl"],
> qr/\bOK$/, qr/\bFOUND$/,
> qr/^.*?: (?!Infected Archive)(.*) FOUND$/ ],

> clamd.conf contains:
> LocalSocket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl

> so you can see that both clamav and amavis are looking at the same
> socket. Any clues as to why amavis isn't recognizing the existence of
> clamd running on the specified socket?

This error message does not tell us much. This looks like Debian. See
this post:

http://marc.info/?l=amavis-user&m=117906726021005

If your version of sed does not support 'in place' editing, manually
edit the files in question.

Gary V



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