Description of problem: (i know you do not support fc6 :-) BUT see if this happen in version 7 or 8 or dev ) on boot, i get the Failed message : "unable to start clamd, no user name clamav" i added a clamav user (with no home folder) and had to : touch /var/log/clamav/clamd.log chmod w+ /var/log/clamav/clamd.log for the service to start correctly. service clamd start ...started [ok] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ClamAV 0.91.2/4015/Tue Aug 21 00:42:06 2007 How reproducible: install clamav with yumex Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: did not start service Expected results: should start with no errors :-) Additional info:
> service clamd start there is not provided such a service by the clamav; it is always bound to some other service (e.g. mimedefang or amavis) which needs a separate package/setup having a dedicated user. 'clamav' user is used by clamav-update to run freshclam.