in the log is a lot of this, no more: ClamAV update process started at Sun Nov 2 02:00:07 2008 WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about database.clamav.net: Name or service not known WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: ) Trying again in 5 secs...
------------- here is something what I tried out: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/clamav# host -t txt database.clamav.net database.clamav.net is an alias for db.local.clamav.net. db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.centraleu.clamav.net. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/clamav# host -t txt db.local.clamav.net db.local.clamav.net is an alias for db.centraleu.clamav.net. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/clamav# host -t txt db.centraleu.clamav.net db.centraleu.clamav.net has no TXT record [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/clamav# dig db.centraleu.clamav.net ; <<>> DiG 9.5.0-P2 <<>> db.centraleu.clamav.net ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 59261 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;db.centraleu.clamav.net. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: db.centraleu.clamav.net. 31 IN A 130.59.10.36 db.centraleu.clamav.net. 31 IN A 212.71.0.71 ;; Query time: 13 msec ;; SERVER: 195.186.1.111#53(195.186.1.111) ;; WHEN: Sun Nov 2 17:03:04 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 73 On 02.Nov 2008 15:32, Scott Kitterman wrote: > Please provide the log file information from /var/log/clamav/freshclam.0 > that shows the failure you are concerned about. > > -- > clamav-freshclam update dns problem > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292580 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “clamav” source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: clamav-freshclam > > on Kubuntu 8.10 (newest from archive) it's not possible to update the clamav > db with "sudo freshclam". > > it allways report, dns resolving don't work. But, with nslookup, dig and host > it's possible to resolve the domain-names (like described in the FAQ of > clamav.org). I don't have any idea to resolve this... maybe a > permission-problem, but it's executed as root. Also the daemon has the same > problem of clamav, not only the manual update. > > Any idea how to do more exactly debugging? > thanks. > > exact output: > ClamAV update process started at Sun Nov 2 13:02:14 2008 > WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net > WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode. > Reading CVD header (main.cvd): WARNING: Can't get information about > database.clamav.net: Name or service not known > WARNING: Can't read main.cvd header from database.clamav.net (IP: ) > Trying again in 5 secs... > -- clamav-freshclam update dns problem https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292580 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs