ClamAV permission.

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hi,

i've already install ClamAV in my FreeBSD according to the following instruction :

install via ports :
Code: 
    #cd /usr/ports/security/clamav
    #make all install clean CLAMAVUSER=vscan CLAMAVGROUP=vscan
(Menu defaults should be fine.)

Add build options to /etc/make.conf file:
Code: 
    #echo 'CLAMAVUSER=vscan' >> /etc/make.conf
    #echo 'CLAMAVGROUP=vscan' >> /etc/make.conf

Enable ClamAV at boot time:
Code: 
    #echo 'clamav_freshclam_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
    #echo 'clamav_clamd_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

next step is to Start FreshClam as well as the ClamAV daemon as the following instruction :
Code: 
#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd start
    #/usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-freshclam start

then i got this error message :
Code: 
ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamd.log in append mode (check permission!)

what am i missing?
 
You changed the user and group of ClamAV, so the user of the log file also has to modified.

Try:
Code: 
chown vscan:vscan /var/log/clamd.log

If error still persists, follow-up with the following command:
Code: 
chmod 640 /var/log/clamd.log

You must be root to do this though.

Make sure you are running clamd as the vscan user and check whether /var/log/clamd.log is the correct path to the log file. The default seems to be /var/log/clamav/clamd.log.
 
You changed the user and group of ClamAV, so the user of the log file also has to modified.
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Is this right that the log file is not exist before i run clamav with
Code: 
#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd start
#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-freshclam start

and how can i try the code you suggest me while the log file is not exist?
 
as root:

Code: 
touch /var/log/clamd.log
chown vscan:vscan /var/log/clamd.log
 
Code: 
touch /var/log/clamd.log
chown vscan:vscan /var/log/clamd.log

the code above doesn't work.

in one case i successfully start clamav after i mark the code in clamd.conf as a comment in /usr/local/etc as the following :
Code: 
#LogFile /var/log/clamav/clamd.log
 
Then either use the correct directory in clamd.conf

Code: 
LogFile /var/log/clamd.log

instead of

Code: 
LogFile /var/log/clamav/clamd.log

or create the logfile in the place where clamd expects it:

Code: 
mkdir /var/log/clamav
touch /var/log/clamav/clamd.log
chown -R vscan:vscan /var/log/clamav

and restart clamd.
 
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