you need to change the permissions on this file chown -R clamupdate:clamupdate /var/log/freshclam.log
freshclam Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *Current working dir is /var/lib/clamav/ Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *Querying current.cvd.clamav.net <http://current.cvd.clamav.net/> Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *TTL: 1497 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *fc_dns_query_update_info: Software version from DNS: 0.102.3 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *Current working dir is /var/lib/clamav/ Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *check_for_new_database_version: Local copy of daily found: daily.cld. Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *query_remote_database_version: daily.cvd version from DNS: 25852 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> daily.cld database is up to date (version: 25852, sigs: 2757399, f-level: 63, builder: raynman) Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *fc_update_database: daily.cld already up-to-date. Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *Current working dir is /var/lib/clamav/ Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *check_for_new_database_version: Local copy of main found: main.cld. Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *query_remote_database_version: main.cvd version from DNS: 59 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> main.cld database is up to date (version: 59, sigs: 4564902, f-level: 60, builder: sigmgr) Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *fc_update_database: main.cld already up-to-date. Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *Current working dir is /var/lib/clamav/ Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *check_for_new_database_version: Local copy of bytecode found: bytecode.cld. Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *query_remote_database_version: bytecode.cvd version from DNS: 331 Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> bytecode.cld database is up to date (version: 331, sigs: 94, f-level: 63, builder: anvilleg) Tue Jun 23 22:06:29 2020 -> *fc_update_database: bytecode.cld already up-to-date. r...@qmail.rm.ht <mailto:r...@qmail.rm.ht>: [/etc/clamd.d] > On Jun 23, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Eric Broch <ebr...@whitehorsetc.com > <mailto:ebr...@whitehorsetc.com>> wrote: > > chown -R clamupdate:clamupdate