On 21/04/2009, at 6:10 PM, Tilman Schmidt wrote: > Ulrich Wallrodt schrieb: > >> Config file: freshclam.conf >> --------------------------- >> "pdateLogFile = "/var/log/clamav/freshclam.log >> "atabaseMirror = "database.clamav.net > > That looks like some automated changing of freshclam.conf went wrong. > Possibly a broken script?
1. I had a fresh installation and had thrown away the old config files, then uncommented the example line as recommended 2. I used nano to edit the conf to avoid surprises, as well used an alternative editor as a test > >> r...@cpanel [~]# freshclam -v Current working dir is /usr/local/ >> share/ >> clamav Max retries == 3 ClamAV update process started at Tue Apr 21 >> 08:50:33 2009 Using IPv6 aware code Querying current.cvd.clamav.net >> TTL: 558 Software version from DNS: 0.95.1 main.cvd version from DNS: >> 50 main.cld is up to date (version: 50, sigs: 500667, f-level: 38, >> builder: sven) daily.cvd version from DNS: 9261 /daily-9214.cdiff/ >> database.clamav.net : Name or service not knownion about >> database.clamav.net WARNING: getpatch: Can't download >> daily-9214.cdiff > > That doesn't look like normal shell output. Not only are the > linebreaks > gone, AFAICS there are also spurious characters in there. How do you > access that machine? ssh with 1. Terminal OS X 2. cross checked with vncserver / kdesktop terminal directly on the server - same result. > >> I did re-install 0.95.1 from source to no avail. > > Did you make surer that the config files were re-installed too? > Normally the ClamAV installation will leave existing config > files alone. Yes, I have worked with a fresh config files after having deleted both clamd.conf and freshclam.conf . The only changes (commenting out the example line) have been done with nano > > HTH > > -- > Tilman Schmidt > Phoenix Software GmbH > Bonn, Germany > The mangled output was consistent - so every time it came up with like "Name or service not knownion about database.clamav.net" Greetings to my old home town from Australia. Ulrich _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
