Hi, After more testing, I can rule out the disk space problem because I have 1TB free space. I can also rule out the permission problem because this happens during fresh runs.
I discovered the problem I had was due to the use of the *Universal Naming Convention (UNC) Path*, "\\xx-x411\clamav". Even on the same server where "\\xx-x411\clamav" and "D:\clamav" are the same, the behaviors are different as shown below. With the "D:\clamav" path, it found that the database is not up to date, then it gets the cld file, and no issues. WIth the UNC path, it downloads the same cvd file and complains that the file exists. I wanted to use the UNC path because I want to share the database across the servers. Here is the log to show the problem: PS D:\ClamAV\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database> *rm -recurse ** PS D:\ClamAV\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database> \\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\freshclam.exe *--datadir=d:\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database* ClamAV update process started at Fri Jul 9 15:48:10 2021 daily database available for download (remote version: 26226) Time: 3.6s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 102.43MiB/102.43MiB Testing database: 'd:\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.1276ba4a31\clamav-7f99d642a7a4902e4a2f435c323e2552.tmp-daily.cvd' ... Database test passed. daily.cvd updated (version: 26225, sigs: 3994327, f-level: 63, builder: raynman) *Received an older daily CVD than was advertised. We'll retry so the incremental update will ensure we're up-to-date.*daily database available for update (local version: 26225, remote version: 26226) *Current database is 1 version behind.Downloading database patch # 26226...* Time: 0.0s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 19.36KiB/19.36KiB Testing database: 'd:\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.1276ba4a31\clamav-baae84e4ef91bcdfa772d7d82c8af6f8.tmp-daily.cld' ... Database test passed. daily.cld updated (version: 26226, sigs: 3994579, f-level: 63, builder: raynman) main database available for download (remote version: 59) Time: 4.0s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 112.40MiB/112.40MiB Testing database: 'd:\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.1276ba4a31\clamav-046d7008715c9c8fba4d462be7120643.tmp-main.cvd' ... Database test passed. main.cvd updated (version: 59, sigs: 4564902, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr) bytecode database available for download (remote version: 333) Time: 0.1s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 286.79KiB/286.79KiB Testing database: 'd:\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.1276ba4a31\clamav-f4500f3362769ec4bcbdfcaa854f cfb8.tmp-bytecode.cvd' ... Database test passed. bytecode.cvd updated (version: 333, sigs: 92, f-level: 63, builder: awillia2) PS D:\ClamAV\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database> rm -recurse * PS D:\ClamAV\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database> \\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\freshclam.exe --datadir=\\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database ClamAV update process started at Fri Jul 9 15:51:05 2021 daily database available for download (remote version: 26226) Time: 4.1s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 102.43MiB/102.43MiB Testing database: '\\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.dcd8c0cb40\clamav-a9ada8b934fb64989e60cabb093b72ec.tmp-daily.cvd' ... Database test passed. daily.cvd updated (version: 26225, sigs: 3994327, f-level: 63, builder: raynman) *Received an older daily CVD than was advertised. We'll retry so the incremental update will ensure we're up-to-date.* daily database available for download (remote version: 26226) Time: 3.8s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] 102.43MiB/102.43MiB *Testing database: '\\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.dcd8c0cb40\clamav-907671efc5b51d897ec211313228eb86.tmp-daily.cvd' ...* Database test passed. *ERROR: updatedb: Can't rename \\xx-x411\clamav\clamav-0.103.3-win-x64-portable\database\tmp.dcd8c0cb40\clamav-907671efc5b51d897ec211313228eb86.tmp-daily.cvd to daily.cvd: File exists*ERROR: Unexpected error when attempting to update daily: Failed to read/write file to database directory ERROR: Database update process failed: Failed to read/write file to database directory ERROR: Update failed. On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 9:31 AM Michael Wang <mw...@unixlabplus.com> wrote: > I am running the freshclam.exe like this: > > PS C:\Users\m.wang> \\xxx\clamav\bin\freshclam.exe --datadir > \\xxx\clamav\bin\database > > and I got the following error: > > ERROR: updatedb: *Can't rename* > \\xxx\clamav\bin\database\tmp.78a757d3cf\clamav-57fd2bf1f4d6d423e4896f0ef3e97c52.tmp-daily.cvd > to daily.cv > d: *File exists* > > I am thinking of removing the *.cvd files before running freshclam, but is > there an option to make freshclam to override the existing old *.cvd files? > Thanks. > > Full log: > > PS C:\Users\m.wang> \\xxx\clamav\bin\freshclam.exe --datadir > \\xxx\clamav\bin\database > ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 7 18:40:18 2021 > WARNING: Your ClamAV installation is OUTDATED! > WARNING: Local version: 0.103.2 Recommended version: 0.103.3 > DON'T PANIC! Read https://www.clamav.net/documents/upgrading-clamav > daily database available for download (remote version: 26224) > Time: 12.4s, ETA: 0.0s [========================>] > 102.41MiB/102.41MiB > Testing database: > '\\xxx\clamav\bin\database\tmp.78a757d3cf\clamav-57fd2bf1f4d6d423e4896f0ef3e97c52.tmp-daily.cvd' > ... > Database test passed. > ERROR: updatedb: Can't rename > \\xxx\clamav\bin\database\tmp.78a757d3cf\clamav-57fd2bf1f4d6d423e4896f0ef3e97c52.tmp-daily.cvd > to daily.cv > d: File exists > ERROR: Unexpected error when attempting to update daily: Failed to > read/write file to database directory > ERROR: Database update process failed: Failed to read/write file to > database directory > ERROR: Update failed. >
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