Hi, we are running several Debian GNU/Linux (Etch) boxes as mail gateways for our clients. On at least two of those boxes we have frequent problems with clamav-daemon. In one case clamav-daemon is being used by amavisd-new in the other case we use a smtp-proxy called "clamsmtp".
Every second or third day, clamd is shut down and needs a manuall restart. After the restart everything seems to be fine again until some days later clamd is shut down again. Anyohne heard of this before? What can we do, to troubleshoot this? I thought about writing a little watchdog-script, which automaticly restarts clamd, when it's not running anymore, but I would prefer a prober solution. Here is some further information about the packages we use: Box 1 (firegate): firegate:~# dpkg -l |grep clam ii clamav-base 0.90.1-3etch7 base package for clamav, an anti-virus utili ii clamav-daemon 0.90.1-3etch2 antivirus scanner daemon rc clamav-data 20071123.103400.4890 clamav data files ii clamav-freshclam 0.90.1-3etch7 downloads clamav virus databases from the In ii clamsmtp 1.8-5 virus-scanning SMTP proxy ii libclamav2 0.91.2-1~volatile1 virus scanner library Box 2: (aurin) aurin:~# dpkg -l |grep clam ii clamav 0.90.1-3etch8 antivirus scanner for Unix ii clamav-base 0.90.1-3etch8 base package for clamav, an anti-virus utili ii clamav-daemon 0.90.1-3etch8 antivirus scanner daemon ii clamav-freshclam 0.90.1-3etch8 downloads clamav virus databases from the In ii libclamav2 0.90.1-3etch8 virus scanner library Thanks in advance! Joern _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
