[clamav-users] LibClamAV Error: cli_gentempfd_with_prefix: Can't create temporary file /var/lib/clamav/tmp/clamav-79a31bb0e183db96d4b7b27484373a6e.tmp: No such file or directory

[G.W. Haywood]

Hi there,

On Fri, 10 Jan 2020, Chris via clamav-users wrote:

> Since upgrading to 0.102.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 this past Wednesday
> I'm seeing the above error in my syslog. I see the same error if I set
> the temporary path to /var/tmp
>
> clamd[25154]: LibClamAV Error: cli_gentempfd_with_prefix: Can't create
> temporary file /var/tmp/clamav-f297c096fb16292e8547120761d949f3.tmp:
> Permission denied
>
> Permissions for /var/tmp are
> drwxrwxrwt  13 root root     12288 Jan 10 19:26 tmp
>
> and for /var/lib/clamav
> drwxrwxr-x  3 clamav        clamav        4096 Jan 10 18:04 clamav
>
> Any suggestions?

Check the list archives, I think this has been discussed recently.

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73,
Ged.