[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

[Chris]

On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 12:09 +0000, G.W. Haywood via clamav-users wrote:
> 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.
> 
I checked the archives and also Googled the error couldn't find
anything. Maybe I was using the incorrect search terms?

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Chris
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