Hello,

My install of clamav seems to have suddenly stopped working this week.  I
use clamav with amavisd to scan mail in my postfix installation running on
FreeBSD.  On Monday all mail stopped being processed and I got the following
errors:

Mar  1 09:21:23 server amavis[90665]: (90665-01) (!!)WARN: all primary virus
scanners failed, considering backups
Mar  1 09:21:25 server amavis[90665]: (90665-01) (!!)run_av
(ClamAV-clamscan) FAILED - unexpected exit 50, output="LibClamAV Error:
cli_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory /var/db/clamav/daily.inc\nERROR:
Unable to open file or directory"
Mar  1 09:21:25 server amavis[90665]: (90665-01) (!!)ClamAV-clamscan
av-scanner FAILED: /usr/local/bin/clamscan unexpected exit 50,
output="LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory
/var/db/clamav/daily.inc\nERROR: Unable to open file or directory" at (eval
67) line 491.
Mar  1 09:21:25 server amavis[90665]: (90665-01) (!!)TROUBLE in check_mail:
virus_scan FAILED: virus_scan: ALL VIRUS SCANNERS FAILED: ClamAV-clamscan
av-scanner FAILED: /usr/local/bin/clamscan unexpected exit 50,
output="LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory
/var/db/clamav/daily.inc\nERROR: Unable to open file or directory" at (eval
67) line 491.
Mar  1 09:21:25 server amavis[90665]: (90665-01) (!)PRESERVING EVIDENCE in
/var/amavis/tmp/amavis-20070301T092123-90665

I've checked /var/db/clamav and daily.inc does exist, and the directory and
all files in it are owned by clamav:clamav.  In order to try and fix this, I
added the user amavisd runs under to the clamav group, which has read access
to daily.inc.  This doesn't seem to have made any difference.

I can fix the problem by uninstalling clamav, and then reinstalling.  But
the problem came back today.  Could freshclam be making some change to the
file which is causing this problem.  I haven't made any changes to my
postfix/amavisd/clamav set up for some months prior to this problem arising.

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Duncan Drury
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