[clamav-users] running freshclam and 3rd party/clamav-unofficial-sigs.sh owner name changes occasionally

[Robert Kudyba]

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>
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> > grep clam /etc/passwd
> > clamilt:x:989:985:Clamav Milter User:/var/run/clamav-milter:/sbin/nologin
> > clamav:x:985:981::/var/run/clamav:/sbin/nologin
> > clamupdate:x:983:979:Clamav database update
> user:/var/lib/clamav:/sbin/nologin
> > clamscan:x:982:978:Clamav scanner user:/:/sbin/nologin
>
> Interesting.  The 'clamav' user seems not to have been created by the
> same setup process which created the other three, since it didn't get
> a text description.  There's a suspicious gap in the numeric IDs from
> 985:981 to 989:985 like the milter IDs were added later.  Make sense?
>
> What does
>
> grep clam /etc/group
>
> give you?
>
grep clam /etc/group
clamilt:x:985:clamav,clamscan
clamav:x:981:clamscan,clamilt,clamupdate
clamupdate:x:979:clamav
clamscan:x:978:clamilt,clamav
virusgroup:x:949:clamupdate,clamscan,clamilt
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