* On 04/10/05 13:47 +0100, Ian Eiloart wrote:
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> --On 4 October 2005 11:41:35 +0100 "Stanier, Alan M" <alan@???>
> wrote:
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> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >malware acl condition: clamd: ClamAV returned
> >/var/spool/exim_incoming/scan/1EMk73-0001ij-Ac: Access denied. ERROR
> >
> >
> >
> >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.
> >
> >
> >
> >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.
Isn't it easy to simple run clamd as the exim_user? After all both are
playing with your e-mail files. That's how I do it. In fact, I
statically compile clamav with --with-user=mailnull.
I am yet to hear what disadvantages that has.
cheers
- wash
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