On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:10:55 -0500 neidorff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm running clamav 0.96.4 (updated yesterday, Nov 21) with qmail and > qmailscanner. Since last week, the following error has appeared in > /var/log/messages at the same time each day: > > Nov 22 04:04:16 neidorff clamd[14843]: SelfCheck: Database > modification detected. Forcing reload. > Nov 22 04:04:17 neidorff clamd[14843]: Reading databases > from /var/lib/clamav Nov 22 04:04:17 neidorff clamd[14843]: reload db > failed: Broken or not a CVD file > Nov 22 04:04:17 neidorff clamd[14843]: Terminating because of a fatal > error. Nov 22 04:04:17 neidorff clamd[14843]: Pid file removed. > Nov 22 04:04:17 neidorff clamd[14843]: --- Stopped at Mon Nov 22 > 04:04:17 2010 > > After this event, I find a zero length file called *.cvd (the * is not > a wildcard, it is part of the actual filename). If I rm the file > *.cvd the I can start clamd manually. Otherwise, clamd does not > start. Logs give no more information. > > What is causing this error and how can I fix it? (currently, I have a > script as a part of root's crontab that rm's the *.cvd file and then > starts clamd. I'd like to fix the problem instead of working around > it.) Are you using only freshclam to update the database, or a script to update the 3rdparty signatures too? Best regards, --Edwin _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
