>> Hi,
>>
>> I wanted to setup ClamAV with my Citadel server, but for some reason
>> it does not appear to start as far as netstat -anp says.
>>
>> I reconfigured using: dpkg-reconfigure clamav-base, so that TCP is
>> used. The process is started, but nothing is listening on port 3100.
>>
>> I'm using a Debian Etch distro. Any known issues?
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>
> If you are using 0.90.1 (run 'apt-cache policy clamav' to verify version),
> it's a known issue that 0.90.1 can take several minutes (I have heard of up
> to 15) to create a clamd socket. The CPU may peg at 100% during this time
> also. If I recall, it was due to an incompatibility with newer pattern files.
> The fix is to upgrade. The easy way to do it is to install from etch volatile.
>
> I suggest adding the etch volatile source to /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main
>
> Then:
>
> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key BBE55AB3
>
> gpg --armor --export BBE55AB3 | apt-key add -
>
> apt-get update
>
> apt-get install clamav clamav-daemon clamav-freshclam
>
> (and any other modules you may need).
>
> At least, this is how I would do it. YMMV.
>
> If you are already using latest version from volatile, then I dunno.
>
> See this also:
>
> http://www.clamav.net/2009/10/05/eol-clamav-094/
>
> Gary V
BTW, there were a LOT of changes to clamd.conf between 0.90.1 and 0.95.3 so
it's my suggestion to make a backup copy of /etc/clamav/clamd.conf (if you
like), replace clamd.conf during installation and then change the new copy as
needed (either manually, or with dpkg-reconfigure clamav-base).
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