On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:43:03PM -0400, Carlos Williams wrote: > I noticed this morning on my Debian mail server that when I attempt to > run the "freshclam" command from the CLI, I get the following error: > > mail:~# freshclam > ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process > ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = > /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
[...] > Does anyone know what is causing the error when I try and run > "freshclam" manually? It appears to happen every hour automatically > but I would think that I can force it whenever I please as well, no? To force the updating process in Debian, usually, you have to restart the daemon (that is locking the log file): -> /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam restart Ciao, gc :-) _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
