clamav issues

[Paul Macdonald]

  On 18/08/2010 22:38, Paul Macdonald wrote:
> Paul Macdonald wrote:
>> Jerry wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:25:21 +0100
>>> Paul Macdonald <paul at ifdnrg.com> articulated:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm having some problems with a clamav install and wondered if 
>>>> anyone had any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> As of a few days ago i noticed mail was getting rejected with 451
>>>> retry codes.
>>>>
>>>> Checking the milters this appeared to be clamav, and removing this 
>>>> milter fixed the problem.
>>>>
>>>> Afterwards, on tryign to fix the issue, i noticed that whilst clamd 
>>>> started ok, it no longer stopped and just endlessly waited for the
>>>> pid.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect this is related, as freshclam also was unable to notifuy
>>>> clamd of updates.
>>>>
>>>> I've rebuilt clamav several times, mainly thinking that the first
>>>> issue of why it wouldn;t stop was indictaive of it not responding to
>>>> other requests ( milter , freshclam etc).
>>>>
>>>> I've moved the mail scanning onto another box, but would dearly like
>>>> it to be working on this particular box.
>>>>
>>>> Where to start?  Suggestions welcomed!
>>>
>>> Perhaps you could try the following - basically nuking clamav
>>>
>>> 1) Stop Clamav/Freshclam and the milter if it is running.
>>> 2) Run: pkg_delete -dfv clamav-0.96.2_1
>>> 3) Remove or rename any config files of Clamav and it children. Also,
>>> be sure to delete all of Clamav's definition files.
>>> 4) Remove old Clamav log files
>>> 5) Insure that any stale 'pid' files are deleted.
>>> 6) cd to the clamav port and run "make config"
>>> 7) Install the port and modify the Clamav/Freshclam/Clamilter config
>>> files are needed.
>>> 8 Either reboot or start manually all of the Clamav programs you
>>> require. (I would recommend the reboot)
>>>
>>> Good luck!
>> thanks jerry, i'd pretty much done this, but followed these 
>> instructions with those specific flasg and am still not able to use 
>> the startup scripts to stop clamd after its started,
>> The pid in /var/run/clamav/ is correct, but it never manages to stop 
>> the daemon.
>> I'm working from the assumption that i need to get it responding to 
>> normal signals before trying any scanning ( i have tried adding it 
>> back in to my sendmail config as get the same result as originally)
>>
>> I've got all the debugging on, and see nothing in logs when its told 
>> to restart or sent any signals.
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>>
> clamav now works fine when installing as a package over ftp, so thats 
> a working although an unsatisying result..
>
> thanks
>

in case it helps anyone, i finally got this workjing from ports by 
disabling the JIT bytecode compiler.

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