[clamav-users] Locked freshclam.log error msg

[Dennis Peterson]

Better, I think, is to start with what processes can lock the log file. 
Logrotate being one such. It is a small matter to disable this and wait and see.

dp

On 9/23/14 8:50 AM, Kevin Lin wrote:
> Have you tried to query what process is locking the log file?
>
> It is possible that multiple freshclam instances are running at the same
> time, especially if an instance of freshclam is running as a daemon.
>
> On Linux, you can use a command such as "lsof | grep freshclam.log" to
> identify what process is locking a freshclam.log.
>
> -Kevin
>
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:26 PM, David Cain <sblkClamAV-Users at jimmiedave.com
>> wrote:
>> ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile =
>> /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
>> ERROR: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log is locked by another process
>>
>> DC
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