[clamav-users] prolem with freshclam when no sudo user is logged in the system

Matus UHLAR - fantomas uhlar at fantomas.sk
Mon Dec 26 14:46:49 UTC 2022


On 26.12.22 13:46, newcomer01 via clamav-users wrote:
>now i have a small problem with freshlcam, when i run a freshclam query on @reboot with user cronjob (/var/spool/cron/cronjobs/USERNAME):
>
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> --------------------------------------
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> ClamAV update process started at Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> WARNING: Can't query current.cvd.clamav.net
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> Trying to retrieve CVD header from https://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
>Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> WARNING: remote_cvdhead: Download failed (6) Mon Dec 26 13:18:24 2022 -> WARNING:  Message: Couldn't resolve host name

>this happens if no sudo user is currently signed in the system.
>i have checked this page https://docs.clamav.net/faq/faq-troubleshoot.html
>
>in my etc/resolv.conf i have no entries for clamav.

/etc/resolv.conf is not related to clamav, it's related to DNS resolution.

what are its permissions and what is its content?

Perhaps there's an issue with systemd or network-manager.

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