[clamav-users] newbie: can't get clamd started

[Anthony Griffiths]

thankyou for the responses.
I managed to install clamav-0.103.5 but I can't get it to work with
mimedefang. In the maillog I always get:

mimedefang.pl[3520]: 245Fuojh003739: Could not connect to clamd daemon
at /var/spool/MIMEDefang/clamd.sock
mimedefang.pl[3520]: 245Fuojh003739: Problem running virus scanner:
code=999, category=cannot-execute, action=tempfail
mimedefang.pl[3520]: 245Fuojh003739: filter:  tempfail=1
mimedefang[3715]: 245Fuojh003739: Tempfailing because filter instructed us to
sendmail[3739]: 245Fuojh003739: Milter: data, reject=451 4.3.0 Problem
running virus-scanner

when I ran ./configure to install mimedefang it detected clamd and it said:
'Make sure clamd runs as the defang user!'
how does one do this?
I tried:
# runuser -l defang -c/usr/local/sbin/clamd &
but md still throws the same error. it's not creating the clamd.sock file.
how do I fix this? thanks for any help.


On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 3:42 PM colin course <course2017 at yandex.com> wrote:
>
> hi Anthony all good info comming from GED hears my two pennys worth
> though i have a more important meassage to give then any of this but i do
> have an idear for your solution
> first things first need to expose the fat rat in the cornner that is indanger
> of biteing humanity to death
> if enough people know its there then we can bring in pest controll
> souce of truth information can be found using this word on favioute search
> engine
> though now i have to  be a bit cyriptic
> first part of word  =64 or 32 B?? os second part of word is if if throw this
> rubbish down the  C????
>
>
> Right to your problem  i would say download synaptics package manager
> open terminal and type sudo apt-get install synaptics
> or just type  synaptics and see what centos replys
> it will have an updated version of all the clam malarky i am fed up with my mirror as its bionic and if i try to use another repository bionic will say
> not affiliated so you cant use
> seriously thinking of tampering with offical so called bionic mirror
> any ways i will leave you with this command any problems give me a shout names colin
>
> hit the return key after each command but wait for reply before doing so
>
> sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam stop
>
> now type freshclam
>
> now type sudo /etc/init.d/clamav-freshclam start
>
>
> regards