Sure enough, /tmp was filled and clamd was able to start again, albeit complaining about an out-of-date install. The error message was very misleading. Maybe something for the developers to consider.
Thanks for your help! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Fajar A. Nugraha Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 8:50 AM To: ClamAV users ML Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] Recovering from a corrupt main.cvd Gary Buckmaster wrote: >Starting ClamAV daemon: LibClamAV Error: cli_cvdload(): Can't create >temporary directory /tmp/clamav-4b99171a8ec40453 > > Dude, is your /tmp writable by clamav user? perhaps it's full ... :) I once had thousands of clamav-* directory on my /tmp. Remove those, and clamd is happy again. Regards, Fajar _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users _______________________________________________ http://lists.clamav.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/clamav-users
