[clamav-users] Freshclam failing randomly

[Hugo Deprez]

Yes, this is one of issue I was thinking of.

clamdownloader.pl is running every 5 minutes. I didn't found any
information on how many updates there is per day.

Freshclam is set to Checks 24


What would you recommend ?

Best regards,



On 2 December 2015 at 10:19, Al Varnell <alvarnell at mac.com> wrote:

> Perhaps your clients are trying to update at the same time your local
> mirror is updating?  How often do you update the local mirror?
>
> -Al-
>
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 01:01 AM, Hugo Deprez wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I configured a local mirror using clamdownloader.pl provided on your
> > website.
> > The script seems to be working fine. But clients randmly fails with
> errors
> > such as :
> >
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:28 2015 -> Received signal: wake up
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:28 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec  1
> > 17:54:28 2015
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:28 2015 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
> > 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:28 2015 -> Downloading daily.cvd [100%]
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:29 2015 -> WARNING: Mirror 192.168.6.8 is not
> synchronized.
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:29 2015 -> Trying again in 5 secs...
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:34 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec  1
> > 17:54:34 2015
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:34 2015 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
> > 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:34 2015 -> WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from mirror
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:34 2015 -> Trying again in 5 secs...
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:39 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec  1
> > 17:54:39 2015
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:39 2015 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
> > 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:39 2015 -> WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from mirror
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:39 2015 -> Trying again in 5 secs...
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:44 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec  1
> > 17:54:44 2015
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:44 2015 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
> > 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:44 2015 -> WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from mirror
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:44 2015 -> Trying again in 5 secs...
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:49 2015 -> ClamAV update process started at Tue Dec  1
> > 17:54:49 2015
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:49 2015 -> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs:
> > 2424225, f-level: 60, builder: neo)
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:49 2015 -> ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from mirror
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:49 2015 -> Giving up on mirror...
> > Tue Dec  1 17:54:49 2015 -> Update failed. Your network may be down or
> none
> > of the mirrors listed in /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf is working. Check
> > http://www.clamav.net/doc/mirrors-faq.html for possible reasons.
> >
> >
> > This happen randomly on all servers. I read the FAQ about those messages,
> > but it didn't helped me to solve the issue.
> >
> > Do you have any information about this ?
> >
> > Best regards,
>
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