Problem updating ClamAV

[remus]

I was just trying to update clamav with command freshclam

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$ freshclam
ClamAV update process started at Sat Jan 21 20:54:26 2012
WARNING: DNS record is older than 3 hours.
WARNING: Invalid DNS reply. Falling back to HTTP mode.
Reading CVD header (main.cvd): OK
Downloading main-54.cdiff [100%]
Killed

I'm using:
- tinycore 3.8.4
- ClamAV 0.97.2 (current clamav extension 0.97)

Its worked fine in the past.

The solution I found was to delete

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daily.cvd
main.cld
mirrors.dat
Next time I run freshclam its ok.

This is documented here : http://forums.cpanel.net/f43/problem-starting-clamav-109321.html

[Jason W]

Hey, I remember you had mentioned you would have a try at building an updated clamav.  If not, I can get to it in the next coming days.  An updated build would save a lot of pull on the clamav servers as that main file is about 30MB large if I recall.

[remus]

Hi Jason W,
I"m not sure if what i've done is correct, I'll try to submit it today so you can have a look at it.

I noticed you had a clamav-dev.tcz extension, will a standard compile of clamav NOT have the dev parts ?

[Jason W]

A standard compile would have the dev stuff, which is normally separated out.  I will look at your extension when it comes in,

The clamav-dev.tcz extension is only 8kb, which makes almost no sense to separate out.  The dev stuff can be left in at almost no cost in size.

[remus]

I can't seem to remember to to find the ./configure options

I remember finding an option to specify to put the conf files in /usr/local/etc/clamav else they get put somewhere else by default.

Any tips about how to get that help file up ?

I've tryed
less README
less INSTALL
and had a look at the configure file

[martin]

Do you mean ./configure --prefix=/usr/local ?

[remus]

o you mean ./configure --prefix=/usr/local ?

No that's not it, its a option to specify the location of the clamav conf files (clamd.conf and freshclam.conf)

I found help for it easy with the source's I downloaded at home, but I don't have access to that system right now.

I'm running tinycore on a computer at work.

Theres some way to get a look at all the configure options that clamav will accept, but bugger me I can't find it right now, its like my head is on holiday or the source I just downloaded is not the same as the 0.97.3 I have at home

[Rich]

Hi remus

Theres some way to get a look at all the configure options that clamav will accept,

Maybe you want   ./configure --help

[martin]

Yeah, that's it. Rich only just beat me

[remus]

DOH !!!

I tried it before and it failed

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$ ./configure --help
chmod: changing permissions of `configure.lineno': Operation not permitted
configure: error: cannot create configure.lineno; rerun with a POSIX shell

It has to be sudo ./configure --help
Thanks guys

[remus]

Jason W,

My clamav.tcz lacks the following.

- clamav user/group
I think I'd create a start up script for this, can someone give me some pointers.

- comment out the "example" line in freshclam.conf and clamd.conf

I'm about to run out of internet access, and am unsure when I'll get backup online.

[Jason W]

Here is the source dir for clamav, clamav is the /usr/local/tce.installed startup script, it creates the clamav user/group.  Running the script with compiletc.tcz installed should pretty much just make it happen.

[remus]

Sorry, but I don't see a link...

... Ok found your file, am importing.

[remus]

While testing I got the following error.

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$ tce-load -i clamav.tcz
adduser: invalid option -- 'H'
usage: adduser  [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...]
                [-d home] [-s shell] [-c comment] [-m [-k template]]
                [-f inactive] [-e expire mm/dd/yy] [-p passwd] [-n] [-r] name
       adduser  -D [-g group] [-b base] [-s shell] [-f inactive] [-e expire mm/dd/yy]
clamav.tcz: OK

code from /usr/local/tce.installed/clamav

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#!/bin/sh

adduser -DH clamav

[ -d /usr/local/etc/clamav ] || mkdir /usr/local/etc/clamav

[ -f /usr/local/etc/clamav/clamd.conf ] || cp -p /usr/local/share/clamav/files/clamd.conf /usr/loc
al/etc/clamav/

[ -f /usr/local/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf ] || cp -p /usr/local/share/clamav/files/freshclam.conf
/usr/local/etc/clamav/

should the command "adduser -DH clamav" be changed to "adduser -Dh clamav" ?

[Rich]

Hi remus
I suspect that clamav wants to be in its own user and group, so maybe it should have been  g