clamd challenges | The Perfect Server-CentOS 5.7 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]-Pg 4

We were moving along rather nicely in getting our new server prepared to install ISPConfig3 until we ran into the following error:

[root@webserver ~]# sa-update
[root@webserver ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 amavisd on
[root@webserver ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 clamd on
error reading information on service clamd: No such file or directory

I followed what I thought was the solution:
#mkdir /var/run/clamd

No problem here (except after a reboot, the directory no longer exists)

Then I tried to understand the following command:
#chown root:<same group name that clamd runs as> /var/run/clamd

(I have no clue as to what 'same group name that clamd runs as'. Please explain)

I do not want to go any further in the prep work until I can get clamd to function properly. Please advise - thanx in advance!

 

Do you use CentOS 5.x, or is it 6.x?

 

Please verify:

I've found that service 'clamd' is now called 'clamd.amavisd'.

I've upgraded my spamassassin on my ISPconfig 3 last Friday and it removed the amavis-new so I had no mails on mailboxes until I found this.

Regards.

 

We're running CentOS 5.7

 

I am unsure what to verify because I do not understand why the directory was not created; and whether or not I should create the directory, remove then start from scratch or something else. Please advise.

 

What are the outputs of

Code:

ls -la /var/run/

and

Code:

uname -a

?

 

Sorry it took so long to reply...you know, changing priorities. But I'm back now. Here's the response...Thanks!

[webdev@webserver ~]$ ls -la /var/run/
total 388
drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 4096 Jan 21 12:18 .
drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Jan 6 02:54 ..
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 acpid.socket
drwxr-xr-x 2 amavis root 4096 Jan 6 03:09 amavisd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 atd.pid
srw-r----- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 audispd_events
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 auditd.pid
prw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 autofs.fifo-misc
prw------- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 autofs.fifo-net
drwxr-xr-x 2 avahi avahi 4096 Jan 6 04:18 avahi-daemon
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 brcm_iscsiuio.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 clam clam 4096 Dec 13 19:02 clamav
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 03:23clamd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 1 2010 console
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 crond.pid
drwxr-xr-x 3 root lp 4096 Jan 6 04:18 cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 cupsd.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 6 04:18 dbus
drwxr-xr-x 3 root dovecot 4096 Jan 6 04:18 dovecot
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 gdm.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 gpm.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 haldaemon.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 hpiod.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 hpiod.port
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 hpssd.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 hpssd.port
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 15 04:02 httpd.pid
-rw------- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 iscsid.pid
-rw------- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 klogd.pid
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Sep 2 12:21 lvm
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 26 2010 mdadm
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jan 26 2010 mdmpd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 messagebus.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 mysql mysql 4096 Jan 6 04:18 mysqld
drwxrwx--- 2 named named 4096 Nov 17 17:22 named
drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 11:31 netreport
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 2011 NetworkManager
drwxr-x--- 2 news news 4096 Jan 26 2010 news
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 28 10:44 nscd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Jan 6 04:18 ntpd.pid
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 pcscd.comm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4 Jan 6 04:18 pcscd.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65537 Jan 6 04:18 pcscd.pub
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 22 2009 pm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 20 2009 ppp
-rw-r--r-- 1 rpcuser rpcuser 5 Jan 6 04:18 rpc.statd.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 17 2010 saslauthd
srw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jan 6 04:18 sdp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 13 11:01 setrans
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Dec 16 11:23 setroubleshoot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 29 20:04 snmpd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 21 2011 spamassassin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 sshd.pid
drwx------ 5 root root 4096 Oct 4 12:06 sudo
-rw------- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 syslogd.pid
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 4608 Jan 21 12:26 utmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 29 19:47 winbindd
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 2010 wpa_supplicant
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6 Jan 6 04:18 xfs.pid
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Jan 6 04:18 xinetd.pid

[webdev@webserver ~]$ uname -a
Linux webserver.pawinc.org 2.6.18-274.12.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Nov 29 13:37:46 EST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

If you need anything else, please let me know.

 

Is there a knowledgeable individual willing to provide insight to help me solve my challenge with clamAV?

 

The impression I get is that you have a CentOS 6 system with a kernel from CentOS 5. Can you check your OS version in /etc/redhat-release or /etc/centos-release?

 

Here's the log:
[webdev@webserver ~]$ sudo vi /etc/redhat-release
[sudo] password for webdev:
"/etc/redhat-release"
"/etc/redhat-release" 1L, 27CCentOS release 5.7 (Final)
~ ~ :q
[webdev@webserver ~]$ logout

It still looks like it's CentOS 5.7
It's a virgin server, so I can do whatever is required since there's no websites on it yet.

 

Can you check your repo files (in /etc/yum.repos.d/)? Maybe you are using the repos for CentOS 6.

 

Is this what you're looking for?

[webdev@webserver ~]$ sudo ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
[sudo] password for webdev:
total 92
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 650 Jan 5 21:36 atrpms.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1978 Dec 29 15:54 CentOS-Base.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 631 Aug 29 07:00 CentOS-Debuginfo.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 626 Aug 29 07:00 CentOS-Media.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5390 Aug 29 07:00 CentOS-Vault.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 954 Aug 11 2010 epel.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1054 Aug 11 2010 epel-testing.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1069 Jul 13 2011 ius-dev.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1010 Jul 13 2011 ius.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1087 Jul 13 2011 ius-testing.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 739 Nov 12 2010 mirrors-rpmforge
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 717 Nov 12 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-extras
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728 Nov 12 2010 mirrors-rpmforge-testing
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1113 Nov 12 2010 rpmforge.repo

If this is not the answer, let me know (and clarify what it is you'd like for me to do

 

Yes. Please check the contents of these files to make sure they use CentOS 5 repositories, not CentOS 6 repos.