[clamav-users] Question regarding freshclam log entry

[J Doe]

Hello,

I recently installed ClamAV 0.99.3 on a Ubuntu 16.04.03 LTS server and utilize it as a milter for Postfix v. 3.1.0.

When freshclam runs according to its’ cron job and successfully downloads an update, it leaves the following note in the freshclam log:

WARNING: clamd was NOT notified:  Can’t connect to clamd through /var/spool/postfix/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock

My initial thought was a simple permissions error, so I checked the permissions to the clamd.sock socket:

drwxr-xr-x    clamav clamav    /var/spool/postfix/var/run/clamav
srw-rw-rw    clamav clamav    /var/spool/postfix/var/run/clamd.sock 

$ sudo -u clamav namei -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock

...which successfully accesses the socket.

Some Googling showed some results but mostly related to older versions of clamd (a couple of years back).

I’m pretty sure this is a minor mistake on my part; can anyone suggest a solution ?

Thanks,

- J