[clamav-users] Freshclam can't get started

[Matthew Campbell]

I've had this problem since I started using Debian Linux months ago. I'm using Debian Linux 10.6.

/var/local/clamav # freshclam -v --debug -F --user clamav
ERROR: Can't open /var/local/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!).
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/local/clamav/freshclam.log).
ERROR: initialize: libfreshclam init failed.
ERROR: Initialization error!

Directory permissions for /var and /var/local are 0755.
Directory permisions for /var/local/clamav are 06770 owned by clamav:clamav.
File permissions for /var/local/clamav/freshclam.log are 0660 owned by clamav:clamav.

I get my copies of ClamAV as a Debian package. I used apt install clamav. I just upgraded everything to Debian 10.6 two days ago.

I can't seem to get the malware database started. How do I fix this?

name=Matthew%20Campbell&email=trenix25%40pm.me
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