Re: [exim] clamd: unable to connect to UNIX socket /var/run/…

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] clamd: unable to connect to UNIX socket /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl (No such file or directory)
On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 03:16:51PM +0000, Martin A. Brooks said:
> Seems you have all the information you need here.
> /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl doesn't exist. Perhaps clam's not configured
> to place the socket file in that directory. Perhaps it's not creating
> that socket file at all. I would check clam's config.


The version of clamd he's running has some known bugs WRT signature
processing - it takes ages to load the signature (sometimes more than 15
minutes on even good hardware), and it won't create the socket until it
has loaded the signatures.

This has gotten to be sort of a FAQ on the clamav-users list, which is
why I pointed the OP there.

Cheers,
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