BUG: clamav permissions not correct on virus db/config files not set correctly

[macports-f@…]

clamav is unusable until config files are fixed and unupdatedable until permissions issues are fixed. To be able to use clamav after port installation, the following was required:

franks-computer:/opt/local/share root# ls -l

<snip>

drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 Feb 4 13:02 clamav

franks-computer:/opt/local/share root# chgrp -R clamav clamav

franks-computer:/opt/local/share root# chmod -R g+w clamav

franks-computer:/opt/local/share root# ls -l

<snip>

drwxrwxr-x 4 root clamav 136 Feb 4 13:02 clamav

cd /opt/local/etc

cp -p example-clamd.conf clamd.conf

cat example-freshclam.conf >> clamd.conf

vi clamd.conf

Comment out or delete line that starts with "Example" (appears twice in clamd.conf if above instructions have been followed):

<quote>

# Comment or remove the line below.

Example

</quote>

After above has been done, freshclam CAN be run to update virus db.

[cssdev]

Assigning to port maintainer.

[danielluke (Daniel J. Luke)]

This is the expected behavior.

• You need to edit the conf file to select the appropriate clamav mirror
• The clamav port does not create a clamav user and group (and so cannot set the permissions) as in some instances the end user may want to run in non-superuser mode.

If the port were changed to create a clamav user/group, then of course this behavior should also be changed.

[(none)]

Milestone Port Bugs deleted

[oscar.brynolf@…]

Mac OS Snow Leopard comes with a default _clamav-user (UID 82). (Maybe earlier versions of OS X has it too?)

Surely, this user is meant to be used by clamav, and thus permissions can be set correctly at install time?