Am 19.01.21 um 08:32 schrieb Dan Egli via Exim-users: > While testing, I noticed something else completely bizzare. If I run
> the malware test as root and place the test file in /root (i.e. # exim
> -bmalware ~/eicar.com.txt) get the error I mentioned.
Exim runs als none privileged user "exim". Ergo: no access to /root/ .
best read in the exim manpage or docs :
-bmalware <filename>
This debugging option causes Exim to scan the given
file or directory (depending on the used scanner
interface), using the malware scanning framework. The
option of av_scanner influences this option,
so if av_scanner's value is dependent upon an
expansion then the expansion should have defaults
which apply to this invocation. ACLs are not
invoked, so if av_scanner references an ACL variable
then that variable will never be populated and
-bmalware will fail.
Exim will have changed working directory before
resolving the filename, so using fully qualified
pathnames is advisable. *Exim will be running as
the Exim user when it tries to open the file,**
** rather than as the invoking user.* This option
requires admin privileges.
