Problem with internal logger CLAMAV

itmonitor

• September 08, 2015 14:43

Hi! I have a cron job that runs clamav once a day. Everyday I receive the email report pasted below. I tried with my hosting provider, they tried their best but did not resolved the issue. Please, any advice is welcome! :-) rgs IM /etc/cron.daily/freshclam: ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log). ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!). /etc/cron.daily/manual_clamscan: LibClamAV Warning: cli_tnef: file truncated, returning CLEAN LibClamAV Warning: cli_tnef: file truncated, returning CLEAN LibClamAV Warning: cli_tnef: file truncated, returning CLEAN

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  24x7serversecurity

  • September 09, 2015 14:22

  Hi :), As per the logs, ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!). check the permissions of log file: /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log it should be like below: -rw-r----- 1 clamav clamav 4259 Sep 9 03:16 freshclam.log

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  itmonitor

  • September 09, 2015 20:15

  Many thanks! Please, what is the permissions code for the freshclam.log file?

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  quizknows

  • September 09, 2015 22:52

  According to the above post the permissions are 640 and ownership is clamav:clamav

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 10, 2015 16:23

  Hello :) Note you can use the "stat" command if you want to see a numerical output for the file permissions. EX:
  stat /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
  Thank you.

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  itmonitor

  • September 20, 2015 11:21

  Many thanks Michael! :-) There is another issue, related to the CLAMAV scan results, but I am posting another thread. Please, you can mark this thread as solved.

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