Hi Chris sorry I was not clear enough. I did not mean to start the service via systemd but to call like
sudo /usr/sbin/clamd -c /path/to/config and see then if the socket has been created in expected location. Cheers tobi ----- Originale Nachricht ----- Von: Chris <cpoll...@embarqmail.com> Gesendet: 07.08.16 - 15:51 An: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Betreff: Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory) > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 10:49 +0200, Tobi wrote: >> It might a systemd issue. Have you tried to start clamd by calling it >> directly on cli? Does it create the socket then? >> >> Cheers >> >> tobi > > I've tried that lots of times Tobi, however, it still doesn't create > it: > > chris@localhost:~$ sudo service clamav-daemon stop [ - ] clamav- > daemon > > chris@localhost:~$ sudo service clamav-daemon start [ + ] clamav- > daemon > > The 'clamd.socket' file should be between these two but it's not: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 446464 Jun 23 11:40 bytecode.cld > -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 82 Jul 13 14:44 crdfam.clamav.hdb > > > >> ----- Originale Nachricht ----- >> Von: Chris <cpoll...@embarqmail.com> >> Gesendet: 07.08.16 - 04:49 >> An: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net >> Betreff: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket >> '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory) >> >> > >> > I upgraded to Ubuntu 16.04LTS earlier this week and it installed >> > ClamAV >> > 0.99. I previously had 98.7 installed and running perfectly. I have >> > it >> > being called by Spamassassin. When an incoming message is checked >> > the >> > line in the subject appears. Permissions for the directory >> > /var/lib/clamav: >> > >> > drwxr-xr-x 3 clamav clamav 4096 Aug 6 20:36 clamav >> > >> > Owner and group of each file in /var/lib/clamav is clamav clamav. >> > >> > The clamd.ctl file exist as shown in my /etc/clamav/clamd.conf: >> > >> > # This option allows you to save a process identifier of the >> > listening >> > # daemon (main thread). >> > # Default: disabled >> > PidFile /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid >> > >> > I have the /tmp location set: >> > >> > # Optional path to the global temporary directory. >> > # Default: system specific (usually /tmp or /var/tmp). >> > TemporaryDirectory /var/tmp >> > >> > I have this set for the socket file: >> > >> > # Path to a local socket file the daemon will listen on. >> > # Default: disabled (must be specified by a user) >> > LocalSocket /var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket >> > >> > It's not getting created no matter what I do. It used to be created >> > in >> > fact it was there before I did the system upgrade. >> > >> > Any assistance would be appreciated. >> > >> > Chris >> > > -- > Chris > KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C > 31.11972; -97.90167 (Elev. 1092 ft) > 08:43:05 up 12:07, 1 user, load average: 0.77, 0.83, 0.74 > Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, kernel 4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 13 > 00:07:12 UTC 2016 > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: > https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq > > http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/contact.html#ml