I just updated from clamav 0.75 to 0.75.1 and there seems to be a missing file or a bad argument: # /etc/init.d/clamd restart * Stopping clamd... [ ok ] * Stopping freshclam... [ ok ] touch: cannot touch `': No such file or directory chown: invalid argument: `' * Starting clamd... [ ok ] * Starting freshclam... [ ok ] Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. /etc/init.d/clamd restart Portage 2.0.50-r9 (default-x86-2004.2, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.4.20040619-r0, 2.6.7-gentoo-r11) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.1 distcc 2.16 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe -fforce-addr -fforce-mem -fmove-all-movables" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -mcpu=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops -pipe -fforce-addr -fforce-mem -fmove-all-movables" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs buildpkg ccache distcc fixpackages sandbox usersandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://ftp.caliu.info/pub/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.europe.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bindist cdr crypt cups curl directfb divx4linux dvd dvdr encode esd ethereal fastcgi fbcon flac flash foomaticdb freetype gd gdbm ggi gif gmp gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jikes jpeg junit kde lcms ldap libg++ libwww linguas_el linguas_es mad memlimit mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg msn ncurses nls nocd oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl pic png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svg svga szip tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype ttf unicode usb video_cards_nvidia videos wmf x86 xml xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
The problem is with the variable ${FRESHCLAM_LOG}: if [ "${START_FRESHCLAM}" = "yes" ]; then if [ -n "${FRESHCLAM_LOG}" ]; then if [ ! -f "${FRESHCLAM_LOG}" ]; then touch "${FRESHCLAM_LOG}" chown clamav:clamav "${FRESHCLAM_LOG}" fi FRESHCLAM_OPTS="${FRESHCLAM_OPTS} -l ${FRESHCLAM_LOG}" fi ebegin "Starting freshclam" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \ --exec /usr/bin/freshclam -- ${FRESHCLAM_OPTS} eend $? "Failed to start freshclam" fi My /etc/conf.d/clamd has the following lines: # Config file for /etc/init.d/clamd START_CLAMD=yes CLAMD_OPTS="" CLAMD_LOG="" START_FRESHCLAM=yes FRESHCLAM_OPTS="-d -c 2" FRESHCLAM_LOG="/var/log/clam-update.log"
It seems the problem is with the variable ${CLAMD_LOG} instead, as it is empty in my /etc/conf.d/clamd... I advise checking first that the variable is not an empty string... if [ "${START_CLAMD}" = "yes" ]; then if [ -S "/tmp/clamd" ]; then rm -f /tmp/clamd fi if [ -n "$CLAMD_LOG}" -a ! -f "${CLAMD_LOG}" ]; then touch "${CLAMD_LOG}" chown clamav:clamav "${CLAMD_LOG}" CLAMD_OPTS="${CLAMD_OPTS}${CLAMD_LOG}" fi ebegin "Starting clamd" start-stop-daemon --start --quiet \ --exec /usr/sbin/clamd -- ${CLAMD_OPTS} eend $? "Failed to start clamd" fi
See bug 58978 for a patch to fix this : http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=36697&action=view
Thanks that did solve the problem :) Additionally, I'd like to ask you to add the following in the stop script: killall freshclam killall clamd as it seems that stopping the daemon (/etc/init.d/clamd stop) does not terminate those processes. Try doing "/etc/init.d/clamd restart" twice and you'll see what I mean.
this is already fixed in the current tree .. please check if it works for you now ..
Yes, it does work.
Cleaning up
