> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel J
> McDonald
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:59 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] freshclam as non-privileged user?
>
>
> On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 18:24, Jim Maul wrote:
> > > Prior to upgrading to clamav 0.66, I have been running freshclam with
> > > the same unprivileged user that runs clamd.  However, it has stopped
> > > working:
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] clamav]$ freshclam
> > > ERROR: LOGGER: Can't open file /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log to write.
> > > ERROR: Problem with internal logger.
> > >
> >
> > does the "unprivileged user" have access to write to /var/log/clamav/ ??
> >
>
> Nope.  It did not have write permission under 0.65 either.
> --

Well i find that quite odd.  I dont see how it would be possible to write to
a directory if the user does not have the access to do so.  Judging by your
prompt, your trying to run freshclam as amavis.  What user do you have
specified in /etc/freshclam.conf?  This user needs to be able to write to
/var/log/clamav/freshclam.conf.  Just change permissions and you should be
set.

Jim



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