Ubuntu
clamav package

clamav-freshclam cannot save pid

Bug #133923 reported by Matt LaPlante
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clamav (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: clamav-freshclam

In a default install of clamav-freshclam, /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf tries to place the PID file for the freshclam daemon in /var/run/clamav, however without clamav-daemon running, the directory is never created, and storing the PID file fails. The freshclam package should check for the directory and create it if it does not exist.

/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf:
PidFile /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid

clamav-freshclam 0.90.2-0ubuntu1

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

This is correct. Already fixed in the Gutsy package. The clamav version in feisy-backports also has the fix.

The Feisty work-around for this problem is to manually create the directory.

Changed in clamav:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Fix Released
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Matt LaPlante (cybrmatt) wrote :

Good to hear it's fixed, however I have an issue with the workaround. I don't know the details of the implementation of /var/run, however it appears to be cleared at reboot. I've already tried to create the directory, but the daemons wind up dying whenever the machine restarts because the directory goes away. I also tried setting them to use the top-level of /var/run, however the permissions don't seem to allow it.

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 133923] Re: clamav-freshclam cannot save pid

Yes. /var/run is a tempfs and so gets cleared on every reboot. What you
need to do is add a test for the existence of the PID dir and creating if
it's not there in the freshclam init.

Alternatively, upgrade to the version in feisty-backports.

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