[Pkg-clamav-devel] Bug#972974: clamav-freshclam start faild.

[jean-christophe manciot]

I confirm this issue on bullseye.
There is also a similar one with clamav-daemon:

# systemctl status clamav-daemon
● clamav-daemon.service - Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service;
enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service.d
             └─extend.conf
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-10-27 09:15:31
CET; 1s ago
       Docs: man:clamd(8)
             man:clamd.conf(5)
             https://www.clamav.net/documents/
    Process: 1452534 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /run/clamav
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 1452542 ExecStartPre=/bin/chown clamav /run/clamav
(code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 1452550 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/clamd --foreground=true
(code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 1452550 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon...
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname systemd[1]: Started Clam AntiVirus userspace daemon.
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname clamd[1452550]: ERROR: lchown to user
'clamav' failed on
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname clamd[1452550]: log file '/var/log/clamav/clamav.log'.
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname clamd[1452550]: Error was 'Operation not permitted'
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname clamd[1452550]: Tue Oct 27 09:15:31 2020 ->
^lchown to user 'clamav' failed on log file
'/var/log/clamav/clamav.log'.  Error >
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname systemd[1]: clamav-daemon.service: Main
process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 27 09:15:31 hostname systemd[1]: clamav-daemon.service: Failed
with result 'exit-code'.

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Jean-Christophe