Package: amavisd-new Version: 1:2.11.0-6.1 Followup-For: Bug #970017 By adding the clamav to the amavis group, things work.
Please find attached a patch that updates the documentation with this respect. (It's my first time with reportbug, please forgive any mistakes in the format) Thanks, -- Charles
diff -u -r old/debian/README.Debian new/debian/README.Debian --- old/debian/README.Debian 2020-03-21 23:34:14.000000000 +0100 +++ new/debian/README.Debian 2020-09-14 15:43:30.454032954 +0200 @@ -72,12 +72,10 @@ /usr/share/amavis/conf.d/20-package. To enable them, edit /etc/amavis/conf.d/15-content_filter_mode. -If you use clamav-daemon, make sure that it is configured to init supplementary -groups when it drops privileges, and that you add the clamav user to the -amavis group: add AllowSupplementaryGroups to /etc/clamav/clamd.conf if it is -not there yet, and run "adduser clamav amavis" as root. The preferred method -for using other virus scanners which run as a different unprivileged user is to -change their primary group to amavis (you can change this with "usermod -g"). +If you use clamav-daemon, add the clamav user to the amavis group by running +"adduser clamav amavis" as root. The preferred method for using other virus +scanners which run as a different unprivileged user is to change their primary +group to amavis (you can change this with "usermod -g"). If you use spamassassin with the Bayes database system, you should make sure that the spamassassin configuration option "bayes_auto_expire 0" is set in
