Bug 496038

Summary:	app-antivirus/clamav - Freshclam Error: connect(): No such file or directory
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Roger <rogerx.oss>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Antivirus Team <antivirus>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	antivirus
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Roger 2013-12-26 00:58:39 UTC

Running "freshclam --no-warnings --quiet" responds with " connect(): No such file or directory" error.

Per ArchLinux ClamAV Wiki Troubleshooting, a missing file is to blame for this error.

# touch /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock
# chown clamav:clamav /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock

There error disappears and there seems to be no need to uncomment or add the additional line to the /etc/clamav/clamd.conf file:

LocalSocket /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Roger 2013-12-28 04:56:26 UTC

Oops.  Looks like /etc/clamd.conf shows this files location should be "/var/run/clamav/clamd.sock"!

As such,

# mv /var/lib/clamav/clamd.sock /var/run/clamav/clamd.sock

Comment 2 Thomas Raschbacher gentoo-dev

2016-05-29 19:45:27 UTC

closing as OBSOLETE considering how old this bug is with no activity.