Clam Dumping

[Douglas J Hunley]

On Friday 30 May 2008 15:54:29 Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have one machine that just continually crashes ClamAV.  I'm running the
> clamd daemon in conjunction with Amavis and Postfix for mail-filtering.
>
> All I get from amavis is messages that clamd is dead:
>
> May 30 14:18:14 sillybox amavis[26006]: (26006-02) (!!) WARN: all primary
> virus scanners failed, considering backups
>
> May 30 14:18:08 sillybox amavis[26006]: (26006-02) (!) ClamAV-clamd: Can't
> connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl: No such file or
> directory, retrying (2)
>
>
> When I restart clamd, I first have to shut it down, then remove the .dbLock
> file from /var/lib/clamav/ and then start the clamd service again.
>
> This has been rather recurring for a month or so.  I've yet to see this
> behavior on any other system.
>
> Thanks,
> Matt

Is there a question in here somewhere? Or just availing us of your woes? :)

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