The log shows: ERROR: Can't save PID to file /var/run/freshclam.pid: Permission denied freshclam daemon 0.80 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i686) ClamAV update process started at Tue Nov 23 23:35:27 2004 main.cvd is up to date (version: 28, sigs: 26630, f-level: 3, builder: tomek) daily.cvd updated (version: 603, sigs: 790, f-level: 3, builder: tkojm) Database updated (27420 signatures) from db.ch.clamav.net (62.2.177.19). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure a log file for freshclam in /etc/conf.d/clamd 2. /etc/init.d/clamd start 3. check log file Actual Results: you will see the above error message and no /var/run/freshclam.pid Expected Results: create the /var/run/freshclam.pid no error message freshclam is running as the clamav user. The pid file seems a similar treatment like the log file. It needs to be touched by /etc/init.d/clamd and ownership set to clamav:clamav. There is no real impact on functionality. But the error message is just not nice.
This is probably fixed in 0.85-r1, where I moved pidfiles to /var/run/clamav owned by clamav:clamav. If not, feel free to reopen.
works in 0.85.1
Changing bug status to CLOSED, so it doesn't clutter up bugzilla queries.