Thanks Karl! I typed the command and (shortened) it says it connected OK - to 64.142.100.50:80. Another line listed it at 100% in 87.5 MB/s and save 1163/1163.
David McNair Network Administrator Jazzercise, Inc. Direct Line: 760-602-7141 Tech Support: 760-602-7158 www.jazzercise.com Save the date! Très Jazz New Orleans 2008! http://www.jazzercise.com/tresjazz.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Cunningham Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:25 PM To: Friendly list for people new to Linux Subject: Re: ClamAV help On 5/27/2008 8:50 AM, David McNair wrote: > Please bear with me - I'm a Linux WAY newbie and basically don't know jack... > I inherited 2 email gateway (Postfix) servers (primary and backup) running > Fedora 6 and ClamAV. Recently both started reporting daily errors: > > ERROR: Error while reading database from db.US.clamav.net > > ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from db.US.clamav.net (IP: 199.239.233.95) > > > > The IP address varies - guess that's the pool of servers it's connecting to > thru clamav.net. From all indications, both servers can connect to the > internet - email is still getting thru. > > > > So is this something I should be concerned about? Or does ClamAV, if it fails > on one server, go to the next one and download the CVD? I tried reading the > ClamAV manual, but with not knowing how to really use Linux (via command > line)...it's almost Greek to me... J I did find (in the manual) where I can > change how and where they try to download the CVD from, but I can't for the > life of me (time and all limiting this) how to get to that point. And yes, > trying to get a Linux class to be my next goal!!! > > > > Any ideas, easier "How To" reading, help, etc. would be greatly appreciated! > Thanks! David, It's a concern only because your anti-virus database is not being updated. Since you have two systems and neither one can get the database, it sounds like it may be a firewall issue. Freshclam is probably the program used to downloads updates. It uses http so that needs to be open in your firewall(s). It's possible outgoing port 80 connections aren't being allowed since that's not usually required for a mail server. At a command prompt in one of your mail systems, type: wget db.US.clamav.net Then hit return and see what happens. It should download index.html from that site and put it in the directory where you ran the command from. If this doesn't work, look for a firewall issue. Post the results if you want. Karl -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
