> > Why not at MTA level? > I am using clamav-milter for my normal messages, but I use a program called getlive (http://sourceforge.net/projects/getlive) to fetch messages from my hotmail account and they aren't passed throught my MTA (sendmail). getlive passes messages through procmail.
> > check clamd logs > There's nothing in the logs at the time the error occurs. I have however discovered some of these in my syslog (see last line): Dec 15 01:00:20 mypc freshclam[1230]: Received signal: wake up Dec 15 01:00:20 mypc freshclam[1230]: ClamAV update process started at Mon Dec 15 01:00:20 2008 Dec 15 01:00:20 mypc freshclam[1230]: main.cvd is up to date (version: 49, sigs: 437972, f-level: 35, builder: sven) Dec 15 01:00:21 mypc freshclam[1230]: Trying host database.clamav.net (116.240.207.20)... Dec 15 01:00:21 mypc freshclam[1230]: Downloading daily-8756.cdiff [100%] Dec 15 01:00:21 mypc freshclam[1230]: daily.cld updated (version: 8756, sigs: 34762, f-level: 38, builder: sven) Dec 15 01:00:21 mypc freshclam[1230]: Database updated (472734 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP: 116.240.207.20) Dec 15 01:00:21 mypc freshclam[1230]: Clamd was NOT notified: Can't connect to clamd through /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock Further investigations in old logs reveal this (once in 5 weeks): Dec 2 12:34:53 mypc freshclam[1230]: Received signal: wake up Dec 2 12:34:53 mypc freshclam[1230]: ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec 2 12:34:53 2008 Dec 2 12:34:53 mypc freshclam[1230]: main.cvd is up to date (version: 49, sigs: 437972, f-level: 35, builder: sven) Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: Trying host database.clamav.net (116.240.207.20)... Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: Downloading daily-8706.cdiff [100%] Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: daily.cld updated (version: 8706, sigs: 31346, f-level: 38, builder: guitar) Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: Database updated (469318 signatures) from database.clamav.net (IP: 116.240.207.20) Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc clamd[1221]: SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload. Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc clamd[1221]: Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: Clamd successfully notified about the update. Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc freshclam[1230]: -------------------------------------- Dec 2 12:34:54 mypc clamd[1221]: segfault at 8eec7e8 ip 7f9fc0a5da11 sp 7fffc8f19990 error 4 in libclamav.so.5.0.4[7f9fc0a43000+ab000] Maybe I need a cron job to restart clamd when it dies (like the old days). It looks as if clamav-milter runs fine. I'm using clamav-0.94.2 (gentoo). Any solutions? What is "error 4"? Apologies for my spelling and I should have given more info in my original post. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
