On 05/25/2010 06:27 PM, Michael Feldmann wrote: > Hello list. > > having upgraded to the current version 0.96.1 on a Suse Linux 10.3 the > clamd daemon won't start. I get the same error other users have > described some time ago: > > ================== > Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 -> +++ Started at Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 > Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 -> clamd daemon 0.96.1 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: > i386, CPU: i686) > Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 -> Log file size limit disabled. > Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 -> Reading databases from /usr/local/share/clamav > Tue May 25 15:57:27 2010 -> Not loading PUA signatures. > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> Loaded 787256 signatures. > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> LOCAL: Unix socket file /tmp/clamd.socket > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> LOCAL: Setting connection queue length to 15 > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> ERROR: daemonize() failed > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> Closing the main socket. > Tue May 25 15:57:34 2010 -> Socket file removed. > ===================
Try 'strace /usr/sbin/clamd 2>log'. Then see what fails (well its either open(), dup2(), or fork()), and paste the relevant lines here. Or just paste the last 50 or so lines of output from strace. --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
