Re: [exim] clamav returns an ERROR in exim 4 mainlog

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007, Robert Cates wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm getting this error message in my exim mainlog and I have no idea why and
> what to do about it, please help:
>
> malware acl condition: clamd: ClamAV returned
> /var/spool/exim4/scan/1IF2JG-0004Oy-Sh: lstat() failed. ERROR
>
> I'm running debian etch and I suspect I need to add clamav as a trusted user,
> in other words I need to change some permissions, but I'm not sure where.
> I'm using exim in the combined configuration mode.
>
> So what's the best way to clear-up this problem?

The "best" way may be a matter of opinion. I think I fixed it by adding
the clamav user to the Debian-exim group. Not sure if that was the only
thing I changed (long time ago), but it should at least give clamav access
to those files.

Cheers,
Mark.