Re: [clamav-users] scanning windows with Linux

2016-08-07 Thread Al Varnell
They are not Linux databases, rather they are multi-platform ClamAV signature databases that support all forms of malware they are aware of. Sent from Janet's iPad -Al- On Aug 7, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > Do the Linux database files address Windows viruses? Say, for the case

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Dennis Peterson
On 8/7/16 11:00 AM, Chris wrote: I understand what you're saying now. I do have a /clamav folder under /run however the owner is root and it probably should be clamav. I'll work on this and see if I can get it all straightened out. Thanks to all who replied and offered help Chris Because the

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 19:41 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 07.08.2016 um 19:33 schrieb Chris: > > > > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 19:17 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > > > > > > > Am 07.08.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Chris: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 17:02 +0200, Tobi wrote: > >

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 19:33 schrieb Chris: On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 19:17 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 07.08.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Chris: On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 17:02 +0200, Tobi wrote: Hi Chris sorry I was not clear enough. I did not mean to start the service via systemd but to call like sudo

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 19:17 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 07.08.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Chris: > > > > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 17:02 +0200, Tobi wrote: > > > > > > Hi Chris > > > > > > sorry I was not clear enough. I did not mean to start the service > > > via > > > systemd but to call like >

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 19:22 schrieb Chris: Alan, I do see this in the log: Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 -> ERROR: Can't unlink the pid file /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 -> --- Stopped at Sun Aug 7 12:07:30 2016 Sun Aug 7 12:10:43 2016 -> +++ Started at Sun Aug 7 12:10:43 2016 S

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 11:04 -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, Chris wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > >

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 19:13 schrieb Chris: On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 17:02 +0200, Tobi wrote: 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 locati

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 17:02 +0200, Tobi wrote: > 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 >

Re: [clamav-users] scanning windows with Linux

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 19:08 schrieb Ed Ahlsen-Girard: Do the Linux database files address Windows viruses? Say, for the case of dual-boot systems? clamav is mostly about windows malware at all becuase the majority of setups likely runs on inbound mailservers trying to protect their windows users

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 15:57 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote: > > Am 07.08.2016 um 15:51 schrieb Chris: > > > > 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?

[clamav-users] scanning windows with Linux

2016-08-07 Thread Ed Ahlsen-Girard
Do the Linux database files address Windows viruses? Say, for the case of dual-boot systems? -- Edward Ahlsen-Girard Ft Walton Beach, FL ___ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq http://www.clamav.net/conta

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 17:04 schrieb Alan Stern: On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, Chris wrote: 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

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Alan Stern
On Sun, 7 Aug 2016, Chris wrote: > 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

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Tobi
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 Gesendet: 07.08.16 - 15:51

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 07.08.2016 um 15:51 schrieb Chris: 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:

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Chris
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

Re: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socket '/var/lib/clamav/clamd.socket': connect: No such file or directory)

2016-08-07 Thread Tobi
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 - Originale Nachricht - Von: Chris Gesendet: 07.08.16 - 04:49 An: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Betreff: [clamav-users] Error (Cannot connect to unix socke