[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#636877: Bug#636877: /etc/default/clamav-milter no longer used

Sebastian Andrzej Siewior sebastian at breakpoint.cc
Fri Mar 14 07:52:03 UTC 2014


On 2014-03-13 19:37:22 [-0400], Scott Kitterman wrote:
> Does it drop privileges itself somehow? Given clamav's security history and what it does, I don't think running as root is a good idea. 

Yes it does but only if you specify "User" in clamav-milter.conf. I could
alter it to refuse to start if it remains as root.

Sebastian



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