--On 4 October 2005 11:41:35 +0100 "Stanier, Alan M" <alan@???>
wrote:
> We run identical installations of exim 4.53 on three SMTP servers.
> Recently, one has started rejecting all email, with the log showing
> messages like
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> malware acl condition: clamd: ClamAV returned
> /var/spool/exim_incoming/scan/1EMk73-0001ij-Ac: Access denied. ERROR
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> This looked like a permissions problem, but the protections on the
> /var/spool hierarchy are identical on the failing machine and the two
> working ones. As a test, I chmod'ed 777 all the way up the hierarchy,
> but the problem persisted.
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>
>
> I am baffled ... can anyone suggest what might be wrong?
Ooh, I've had this problem too, on an XServe. I don't recall exactly how I
fixed it, but it may be to do with clamav starting before the user id was
properly known. If you're getting your user information from a remote (eg,
ldap) server, then it may be wise to actually define the clamav user
locally instead.
--
Ian Eiloart
Servers Team
Sussex University ITS
