[clamav-users] freshclam leaving files in /tmp

[Duncan Berriman]

Good point. I will sort it out.

Perhaps the example conf files should use/suggest a better location.

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On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 1:09 PM Michael Orlitzky via clamav-users <
clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:

> On 2020-09-29 07:18, Duncan Berriman via clamav-users wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Each time freshclam runs automatically via clamd it is leaving 2
> > temporary files in /tmp.
> >
> > -rw-------   1 root   root         0 Sep 29 09:17 tmp.UdjG3Qnk4E
> > ...
> > srw-rw-rw-   1 root   root         0 Sep 29 11:00 clamd.socket
> > -rw-r-----   1 clamav clamav     377 Sep 29 11:11 ClamAV.update.log
> >
>
> Off-topic: you shouldn't use /tmp for the clamd socket, or anything else
> with a predictable name (that's why all the other tmp.* files have
> "random" names). Anyone on the machine can create (and thus own) that
> file after the machine reboots, leading to security issues.
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