On 2025-09-21 23:09, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users wrote:
> The problem I run into is that, although clamd.conf allows one to specify
a port number and even an an IP address for clamd to bind to, there seems
to be no way -- such as a command-line option -- to specify what IP address
clamdscan should talk to. (This makes the clamd binding address almost
irrelevant, I think.)
On Mon, 22 Sep 2025, Paul Netpresto via clamav-users wrote:
This should work
clamdscan -c /path/to/clamdscan.conf /email.file
clamdscan.conf contents
TCPSocket 3310
TCPAddr remote clamd IP address
Thanks Paul, and Kris Deugau who made the same suggestion.
In that case, the docs need updating.
'man clamd.conf' says
TCPAddr STRING
By default clamd binds to INADDR_ANY.
This option allows you to restrict the TCP address and provide
some degree of protection from the outside world. This option can
be specified multiple times in order to listen on multiple IPs.
IPv6 is now supported.
Default: disabled
- no mention that clamdscan uses this value here or anywhere else
that I can find.
I suggest:
TCPAddr STRING
By default clamd binds to INADDR_ANY.
This option allows you to restrict the TCP address and provide
some degree of protection from the outside world. This option can
be specified multiple times in order to listen on multiple IPs.
clamdscan uses this as the TCP address of a remote clamd service.
IPv6 is now supported.
Default: disabled
The entry "TCPSocket" in the same file should also be updated.
I suggest that `man clamdscan' should also have a section describing the
config file options that it uses: LocalSocket, TCPSocket, TCPAddr,
MaxDirectoryRecursion, StreamMaxLength,
FollowDirectorySymlinks and FollowFileSymlinks
--
Andrew C. Aitchison Kendal, UK
[email protected]
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