[ZendTo] Re: A few issues...

[Jules]

On 15/06/2011 16:19, Mark Hudson wrote:
> On 15/06/11 10:13, Jules wrote:
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>> On 15/06/2011 08:55, Mark Hudson wrote:
>>> Yes, that's the one.
>>>
>>> So changing that setting nails that one, the only other issue is 
>>> with clamdscan failing (but changing the pref to use clamscan works).
>> Clamscan is a lot slower. The problems with clamd and clamdscan are 
>> caused by either or both of
>> 1) SELinux/AppArmor not allowing clamd to read the directory. The 
>> notes on installing ZendTo on an existing CentOS/RedHat/Ubuntu system 
>> will tell you what you need to set.
>> 2) Permissions in /var/zendto. The clamd daemon must be able to read 
>> all the directories and files in /var/zendto/incoming. It doesn't run 
>> as root, it runs as a user defined in /etc/clamd.conf. *That* user 
>> must be able to read everything.
>>
>> Running clamdscan from the command line is a very quick way of 
>> debugging this.
>>
>
> Ah, sussed it. The instructions on the zendto site say to create a 
> user called clamav and
>
> usermod -a -G apache clamav
>
> but /etc/clamd.conf says to run as a user called clam (both clam and 
> clamav exist as users)
>
> So I've usermod -a -G apache clam
>
> And that seems to have fixed it!
Glad you got there. The commands you need (including that one) are 
listed on zend.to/centos.php in the "Set Permissions For Virus Scanning" 
section.

Jules.
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