On 6/14/2015 6:07 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to get clamav-milter running on my CentOS-7 home server. > I'm running postfix + dovecot, and have spamass-milter installed. > > When I try to start clamav-milter I get the error message > in /var/log/clamav-milter.log > Sun Jun 14 23:26:25 2015 -> ERROR: > Failed to create socket /var/run/clamav-milter/clamav-milter.socket > The permissions on this directory are > [tim@helen ~]$ sudo ls -lsd /var/run/clamav-milter > 0 drwx--x--x. 2 clamilt postfix 40 May 31 12:46 /var/run/clamav-milter > > But apart from this permissions problem, > I'm not clear if I need to run clamd separately, > or if the clamav-milter would run clamav itself if it were working. > > Any advice or suggestions gratefully received. > >
Clamav-milter requires that clamd is running. Clamav-milter will not start clamd. Make sure clamav-milter and clamd are using the same ClamdSocket path. For more help with clamav-milter, see the helpful clamav users list. -- Noel Jones
