This one time, at band camp, Alexander Samad said: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 02:02:33AM +0100, Stephen Gran wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Alexander Samad said: > > > libpam-tmpdir sets the TMP & TMPDIR environments variables, because the > > > the daemon changes uid after starting it is unable to create its tmp > > > directory in /tmp/user/0/.... > > > > It sounds like you're looking for the TemporaryDirectory config fiule > > option. If this fixes it for you, or if you need further help, please > > let me know. > > Hi I found it, but it doesn't solve the problem. > > libpam_tmpdir, creates a (!)more secure tmp directory along the lines of > /tmp/users/$(id -x)/ and sets TMP to /tmp/users/$(id -x) the problem > with the way that clamav-deamon starts is /etc/init.d/clamav-deamon > starts as root and TMP & TMPDIR is equal to /tmp/user/0 which > clamav-deamon can't write to once it changes to clamav user. If I set > the tmp directory in /etc/default/clamav to /tmp/users/$(id -x clamav) > it works, but I also need to create the directory because the change of > uid doesn't invoke libpam_tmpdir > > > ID=$(id -u clamav) > if [ ! -d /tmp/user/$ID ] > then > mkdir -p /tmp/user/$ID > chown $ID.0 /tmp/user/$ID > chmod go= /tmp/user/$ID > fi > #export TMPDIR=/dev/shm > #export TMP=/var/tmp > export TMPDIR=/dev/shm > export TMP=/tmp/user/$ID
Since you have a rather unusual environment, what i was actually thinking of was something along the lines of mkdir /var/lib/clamav/tmp Then add TemporaryDirectory /var/lib/clamav/tmp to clamd.conf That should solve your problem. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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