[clamav-users] clamav-milter: Failed to create temporary file

[Urban Loesch]

Hi,

I'm new to the list.
Recently I installed a fresh installation with postfix and clamav-milter and debian testing:

Versions installed:
ii  clamav                         0.98.4+dfsg-2+b1          amd64        anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line interface
ii  clamav-base                    0.98.4+dfsg-2             all          anti-virus utility for Unix - base package
ii  clamav-daemon                  0.98.4+dfsg-2+b1          amd64        anti-virus utility for Unix - scanner daemon
ii  clamav-freshclam               0.98.4+dfsg-2+b1          amd64        anti-virus utility for Unix - virus database update utility
ii  clamav-milter                  0.98.4+dfsg-2+b1          amd64        anti-virus utility for Unix - sendmail integration
ii  libclamav6                     0.98.4+dfsg-2+b1          amd64        anti-virus utility for Unix - library

Sometiems (about 1-10 times a day) I get the following error in my logfile:

...
Aug 21 15:26:09 mil2 clamav-milter[26215]: Failed to create temporary file
Aug 21 15:26:09 mil2 clamav-milter[26215]: Failed to initiate streaming/fdpassing
...

It seems that clamav-milter sometimes isn't able to create a the temporary file and postfix answers with a
"4.7.1 Service unavailable" message to the client.

I'm using a tmpfs for /tmp with about 1G of space which isnt very much in use.

...
none           tmpfs  1,0G       0  1,0G    0% /tmp
...

This as I just said happens not very often and isn't a big problem, but it isn't very nice to see

Have you any idea what this problem could be or how can I solve it?

Many thanks
Urban Loesch