Description of problem: Freshclam does not provide a systemctl service file. Additionally, the distributed clamd@.service and clamd file structure does not seem to make sense. And there is a permission issue with the directory containing the socket file which causes failures. To workaround, create a /usr/lib/systemd/system/clam-freshclam.service file: [Unit] Description = freshclam scanner After = network.target [Service] Type = forking ExecStart = /usr/bin/freshclam -d -c 4 Restart = on-failure PrivateTmp = true [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target There are two distributed clamd@*.service files distrbuted, clamd@.service and clamd. clamd@.service is not a valid unit name. clamd seems to simply include clamd@.service and add an [Install] section. On my system I enable and start clamd. Lastly, there is a directory permissions issue if the clamd socket file is created at /var/run/clamd.scan/clamd.sock as specified by /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf. When /var/run/clamd.scan is created is it not world readable and executable by default. This causes permission related issues until a chmod 755 /var/run/clamd.scan is run. Please let me know if I can supply additional data.
Is the cronjob shipped by default not good enough? And if so, why?
@Robert...for some reason my database was not updating and I overlooked the cronjob. I will disable the freshclam systemd process, verify the cronjob and withdraw that part of this report for the time being. Any thoughts on the structure of the clamd@scan and clamd@ service files and including setting the directory permission for the socket in the systemd file?
Suggested resolution for the permissions on /var/run/clamd.scan. /etc/tmpfiles.d/clamd.scan.conf currently contains: d /var/run/clamd.scan 0710 clamscan clamscan This should be changed to: d /var/run/clamd.scan 0755 clamscan clamscan
Updated title to reflect current outstanding issue.
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This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 28 development cycle. Changing version to '28'.
Latest conclusions and resume starts here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=787434#c47 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 787434 ***