ClamAV error No user

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#1 Tue, 02/17/2009 - 13:59
mdtiberi

ClamAV error No user

I am getting the following error:

Starting Clam AntiVirus Daemon: ERROR: Can't get information about user clamav. [FAILED]

I have checked users and groups and there is no clamav. How do I do this from the control panel in terms of the right options. Easy enough to create a new group and user for clamav but there are a number of options when creating a user or group such as who belongs to the group and I am uncertain what to do.

Thanks

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 14:43
mdtiberi

I should add that this error occurred after ASL (Atomic Secured Linux) install. Appears that there is an incompatibility between atomics implementation of clamav and Vmins.

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 17:12
andreychek

Yeah, it sounds like your system is missing the "clamav" user and group.

I'd just make a new user "clamav" whose primary group is also "clamav".

The users shell should be something like /bin/false.
-Eric

Tue, 02/17/2009 - 18:45
mdtiberi

Thanks Eric for the tip.

Whose rpm do you use for clamav?

Wed, 02/18/2009 - 05:11 (Reply to #4)
andreychek

On CentOS, I'd use the one included in the Virtualmin RPM repository.
-Eric

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