Bug 46281 – clamav and freshclam can't save PID file

Bug 46281 - clamav and freshclam can't save PID file


Summary:	clamav and freshclam can't save PID file

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	clamav
Version:	UCS 4.2
Hardware:	Other other

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Tobias Wenzel
QA Contact:	Sönke Schwardt-Krummrich

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Reported:	2018-02-13 14:58 CET by Michael Grandjean
Modified:	2020-02-13 15:54 CET (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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What kind of report is it?:	Bug Report
What type of bug is this?:	3: Simply Wrong: The implementation doesn't match the docu
Who will be affected by this bug?:	3: Will affect average number of installed domains
How will those affected feel about the bug?:	2: A Pain – users won’t like this once they notice it
User Pain:	0.103
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School Customer affected?:	Yes
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Description Michael Grandjean

2018-02-13 14:58:57 CET

# univention-app info
UCS: 4.2-3 errata284
App Center compatibility: 4
Installed: mailserver=11

/var/log/clamav/clamav.log
> Tue Feb 13 14:36:33 2018 -> ERROR: Can't save PID in file /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid

/var/log/clamav/freshclam.log
> ERROR: Can't save PID to file /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid: Permission denied


On a current UCS 4.2 system we have:
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb  3 07:53 /var/run/clamav/

On a UCS 4.1-5 where I could not reproduce the problem we have:
> drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav root 100 Feb  2 20:42 /var/run/clamav/


Workaround:
> chown clamav /var/run/clamav


Alternative:
We ship a "PidFile" config option via "univention-antivir-mail" in the UCR templates for clamd and freshclam:
> PidFile /var/run/clamav/clamd.pid
But the current debian config does not contain such an option, because it is not needed since the switch to systemd:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804132#10

I suggest we remove the "PidFile" option from the UCR templates.

Comment 1 Tobias Wenzel

2020-02-13 15:54:19 CET

Could not reproduce on UCS 4.4-3

> drwxr-xr-x  2 clamav   root       60 Feb  5 17:32 /var/run/clamav

I'm leaving the pidfile option. If new problems arise, clone this bug and 
apply the changes for clam and freshclam.