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clamav package

  1. Bug #360655
  2. Comment #3

Comment 3 for bug 360655

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Imre Gergely (cemc) wrote :

TEST CASE (clamtk):
- install clamtk 4.08 from intrepid-backports (3.11-1 from Intrepid does not use freshclam, added in 4.0)
- remove /home/user/.clamtk to start fresh
- run clamtk, select 'Single User', 'Save', 'Quit' at the Antivirus Signatures dialog
- go to Help / Update Signatures (or Ctrl+U), make sure 'Signature Updates' is checked and press 'Check for Updates'
- it will say 'Update failed' and when the following line should appear in /var/log/syslog:

Apr 14 00:34:46 utest-ii kernel: [97241.734831] type=1503 audit(1239658486.814:36): operation="inode_create" requested_mask="a::" denied_mask="a::" fsuid=1000 name="/home/gimre/.clamtk/db/freshclam.log" pid=14180 profile="/usr/bin/freshclam"

Freshclam can't download the signatures and can't write it's logfile to /home/<user>/.clamtk/db.