On Mar 4, 2004, at 7:13 AM, John Vestrum wrote:
Take out the square brackets on NotifyClamd [/etc/clamav.conf]. The square
brackets signify that the filename is an optional argument, so if your
clamav.conf is in the default location, you could just leave the arguement
out entirely:
# Send the RELOAD command to clamd. NotifyClamd
JohnV
On Thursday 04 March 2004 08:52 am, you wrote:Hi all, New to group, tried to search previous postings for this, read everything in the docs group. I've got freshclam updating every two hours, and it seems to work fine, with one small exception. After it successfully downloads an update, I get a line in the config file that says this:
'Error" Can't parse configuration file.'
This is right after the line 'Database updated (20381 signatures) from
database.clamav.net (###.###.###.###).' I have checked and rechecked
the permissions on both clamav.conf and freshclam.conf in the /etc dir
and they are set g+wr u+wrx and the owner is clamav.clamav. What does
this error mean? Do I have a syntax in my config file? And if so, which
one? Here are both my config files, starting with clamav.conf:
------------------------------------------ Start of clamav.conf-------------------------------------------
## ## Example config file for the Clam AV daemon ## Please read the clamav.conf(5) manual before editing this file. ##
# Comment or remove the line below.
# Uncomment this option to enable logging. # LogFile must be writable for the user running the daemon. # Full path is required. #LogFile /tmp/clamd.log
# By default the log file is locked for writing - the lock protects against # running clamd multiple times (if want to run another clamd, please # copy the configuration file, change the LogFile variable, and run # the daemon with --config-file option). That's why you shouldn't uncomment # this option. #LogFileUnlock
# Maximal size of the log file. Default is 1 Mb. # Value of 0 disables the limit. # You may use 'M' or 'm' for megabytes (1M = 1m = 1048576 bytes) # and 'K' or 'k' for kilobytes (1K = 1k = 1024 bytes). To specify the size # in bytes just don't use modifiers. #LogFileMaxSize 2M
# Log time with an each message. #LogTime
# Log also clean files. May be useful in debugging but will drastically
# increase the log size.
#LogClean
# Use system logger (can work together with LogFile). #LogSyslog
# Enable verbose logging. #LogVerbose
# This option allows you to save the process identifier of the listening
# daemon (main thread).
PidFile /var/run/clamd.pid
# Optional path to the global temporary directory. # Default is system specific - usually /var/tmp or /tmp. TemporaryDirectory /var/lib/clamav/tmp
# Path to the database directory. # Default is the hardcoded directory (mostly /usr/local/share/clamav, # but it depends on installation options). DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
# The daemon works in local or network mode. Currently the local mode is
# recommended for security reasons.
# Path to the local socket. The daemon doesn't change the mode of the # created file (portability reasons). You may want to create it in a directory # which is only accessible for a user running daemon. LocalSocket /tmp/clamd
# Remove stale socket after unclean shutdown. FixStaleSocket
# TCP port address. #TCPSocket 3310
# TCP address. # By default we bind to INADDR_ANY, probably not wise. # Enable the following to provide some degree of protection # from the outside world. #TCPAddr 127.0.0.1
# Maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to. # Default is 15. #MaxConnectionQueueLength 30
# When activated, input stream (see STREAM command) will be saved to disk before # scanning - this allows scanning within archives. #StreamSaveToDisk
# Close the connection if this limit is exceeded. #StreamMaxLength 10M
# Maximal number of a threads running at the same time. # Default is 5, and it should be sufficient for a typical workstation. # You may need to increase threads number for a server machine. #MaxThreads 10
# Thread (scanner - single task) will be stopped after this time (seconds). # Default is 180. Value of 0 disables the timeout. SECURITY HINT: Increase the # timeout instead of disabling it. #ThreadTimeout 500
# Maximal depth the directories are scanned at. MaxDirectoryRecursion 15
# Follow a directory symlinks. # SECURITY HINT: You should have enabled directory recursion limit to # avoid potential problems. FollowDirectorySymlinks
# Follow regular file symlinks. FollowFileSymlinks
# Do internal checks (eg. check the integrity of the database structures) # By default clamd checks itself every 3600 seconds (1 hour). SelfCheck 600
# Execute a command when virus is found. In the command string %v and
%f will
# be replaced by the virus name and the infected file name respectively.
#
# SECURITY WARNING: Make sure the virus event command cannot be
exploited,
# eg. by using some special file name when %f is used.
# Always use a full path to the command.
# Never delete/move files with this directive !
#VirusEvent /usr/local/bin/send_sms 123456789 "VIRUS ALERT: %f: %v"
# Run as selected user (clamd must be started by root). # By default it doesn't drop privileges. User clamav
# Initialize the supplementary group access (for all groups in /etc/group # user is added in. clamd must be started by root). #AllowSupplementaryGroups
# Don't fork into background. Useful in debugging. #Foreground
# Enable debug messages in libclamav. #Debug
## ## Mail support ##
# Uncomment this option if you are planning to scan mail files. #ScanMail
## ## Archive support ##
# Comment this line to disable scanning of the archives. ScanArchive
# By default the built-in RAR unpacker is disabled by default because the code # terribly leaks, however it's probably a good idea to enable it. ScanRAR
# Options below protect your system against Denial of Service attacks # with archive bombs.
# Files in archives larger than this limit won't be scanned.
# Value of 0 disables the limit.
# WARNING: Due to the unrarlib implementation, whole files (one by one)
in RAR
# archives are decompressed to the memory. That's why never disable
# this limit (but you may increase it of course!)
ArchiveMaxFileSize 10M
# Archives are scanned recursively - e.g. if Zip archive contains RAR file, # the RAR file will be decompressed, too (but only if recursion limit is set # at least to 1). With this option you may set the recursion level. # Value of 0 disables the limit. ArchiveMaxRecursion 5
# Number of files to be scanned within archive. # Value of 0 disables the limit. ArchiveMaxFiles 1000
# Mark potential archive bombs as viruses (0 disables the limit) ArchiveMaxCompressionRatio 200
# Use slower decompression algorithm which uses less memory. This option
# affects bzip2 decompressor only.
#ArchiveLimitMemoryUsage
## ## Clamuko settings ## WARNING: This is experimental software. It is very likely it will hang ## up your system !!! ##
# Enable Clamuko. Dazuko (/dev/dazuko) must be configured and running. #ClamukoScanOnLine
# Set access mask for Clamuko. ClamukoScanOnOpen ClamukoScanOnClose ClamukoScanOnExec
# Set the include paths (all files in them will be scanned). You can
have
# multiple ClamukoIncludePath options, but each directory must be added
# in a seperate option. All subdirectories are scanned, too.
ClamukoIncludePath /home
#ClamukoIncludePath /students
# Set the exclude paths. All subdirectories are also excluded. #ClamukoExcludePath /home/guru
# Limit the file size to be scanned (probably you don't want to scan your movie # files ;)) # Value of 0 disables the limit. 1 Mb should be fine. ClamukoMaxFileSize 1M
# Enable archive support. It uses the limits from clamd section. # (This option doesn't depend on ScanArchive, you can have archive support # in clamd disabled). ClamukoScanArchive
----------------------------------------------------End of clamav.conf/Start of freshclam.conf---------------------------------------------------- ## ## Example config file for freshclam ## Please read the clamav.conf(5) manual before editing this file. ## This file may be optionally merged with clamav.conf. ##
# You can change the default database directory here. DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
# Path to the config file (make sure it has proper permissions) UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log
# Enable verbose logging. LogVerbose
# By default when freshclam is started by root it drops privileges and # switches to the "clamav" user. You can change this behaviour here. DatabaseOwner clamav
# The main database mirror is database.clamav.net (this is a round-robin
# DNS that points to many mirrors on the world) and in most cases you
# SHOULD NOT change it.
DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
# How many attempts to make before giving up. MaxAttempts 25
# How often check for a new database. We suggest checking for it every # two hours. Checks 12
# Proxy settings #HTTPProxyServer myproxy.com #HTTPProxyPort 1234 #HTTPProxyUsername myusername #HTTPProxyPassword mypass
# Send the RELOAD command to clamd. NotifyClamd [/etc/clamav.conf]
# Run command after database update. #OnUpdateExecute command
# Run command if database update failed. #OnErrorExecute command
------------------------------------------------------End of
freshclam.conf----------------------------------------------------
My mental parsing tells me that it is the line in freshclam.conf that
says NotifyClamd [/etc/clamav.conf], (before I changed this to the path
and filename of the clamav.conf file, this said something else, the
change I made was in effort to fix the error I'm posting about...) Any
help would be appreciated.
Jeff Ramsey MIS Administrator Tubafor Mill, Inc.
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