Clamd.amavisd start error

Hello Falko,

Sorry it's me again about this issue. Is the last line in the code box something to worry about ?
To me it looks like clamd.amavisd is not running

Code:

Last login: Tue Apr 20 22:55:41 2010 from 192.168.0.1
-bash-4.0# ps aux | grep clamd.amavisd
amavis    1626  0.0  9.1 118180 93620 ?        Ssl  22:57   0:00 clamd.amavisd -c /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf --pid /var/run/clamd.amavisd/clamd.pid
root      5870  0.0  0.0   4220   748 pts/0    S+   23:02   0:00 grep clamd.amavisd
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
-bash-4.0# kill -9 1626
-bash-4.0# rm -f /var/spool/amavisd/clamd.sock
-bash-4.0# /etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd start
Starting clamd.amavisd: LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
LibClamAV Warning: ***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
LibClamAV Warning: *** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ***
LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
                                                           [  OK  ]
-bash-4.0# /etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd status
clamd.amavisd dead but subsys locked

 

Please try to restart Clamd.

 

Now I really feel stupid,

I have /etc/init.d/amavisd and /etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd but I don't have /etc/init.d/clamd

Have a good weekend

 

Try

Code:

/etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd restart

 

Hello Falko,

/etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd restart:

Code:

Stopping clamd.amavisd:                                    [FAILED]
Starting clamd.amavisd: LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
LibClamAV Warning: ***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
LibClamAV Warning: *** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ***
LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
ERROR: LOCAL: Socket file /var/spool/amavisd/clamd.sock is in use by another process.
                                                           [FAILED]
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
-bash-4.0#

Code:

-bash-4.0# ps aux | grep clamd.amavisd
amavis   18234  0.0  9.2 129712 93932 ?        Ssl  Apr22   0:48 clamd.amavisd -c /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf --pid /var/run/clamd.amavisd/clamd.pid
root     29883  0.0  0.0   4220   756 pts/0    SN+  00:10   0:00 grep clamd.amavisd
-bash-4.0# kill -9 18234
-bash-4.0# rm -f /var/spool/amavisd/clamd.sock
-bash-4.0# /etc/init.d/clamd.amavisd start
Starting clamd.amavisd: LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
LibClamAV Warning: ***  This version of the ClamAV engine is outdated.     ***
LibClamAV Warning: *** DON'T PANIC! Read http://www.clamav.net/support/faq ***
LibClamAV Warning: ***********************************************************
                                                           [  OK  ]
-bash-4.0#

 

After upgrading to Fedora 13 this issue no longer occurs.

 

Better fix

Fedora 13 and 14 I have found that have the same problem.
The clamd.pid is the problem not the clamd.sock.

You can repair this problem two ways.
1:
This seems to me to be the best way.
by editing the /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf
and change the line "PidFile /var/run/amavisd/clamd.pid" to "PidFile /var/run/clamd.amavisd/clamd.pid"
and create the new folder.
mkdir /var/run/clamd.amavisd/
chown amavis.amavis /var/run/clamd.amavisd/

2:
I think that this fix will be broken again on the next update.
edit the /usr/share/clamav/clamd-wrapper
and change CLAMD_PIDFILE=/var/run/clamd.${CLAMD_SERVICE}/clamd.pid to CLAMD_PIDFILE=/var/run/${CLAMD_SERVICE}/clamd.pid