Forgot to mention: On Fri, 2006-21-04 at 11:41 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Javier or anyone else. > > I still can't get clamd running even after your helpful suggestions. > > freshclam works > clamscan works > > [root ~]# clamdscan > ERROR: Clamd is not configured properly. > > [root ~]# service clamd start > clamd: unrecognized service > > > On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 01:45 -0500, Javier Perez wrote: > > OK. > > check out where your clamav.log file is. clamav.conf should say it. > > Or you can try and look it up on /var/log/clamav > > ls: /var/log/campav: No such file or directory > Am I supposed to create a campav directory in /var/log or does clamav do > it? > > > > try to start clamd with > > > > # service clamd start > > clamd: unrecognized service > > > > > check out the logs. what are they telling you? > > Nothing. clamav.log doesn't exist. Message and mail are silent. > > > a common error is that clamav might be looking for its configuration > > file in /etc/ instead of /etc/clamav > > Done. No /etc/clamav but there is a /etc/clamd.d -- created link there. > There is no /etc/clamav.conf. There is a /etc/clamd.conf. Linked /etc/clamd.conf to /etc/clamd.d/clamd.conf > > > you could solve it by using a symbolic link > > > > All help greatly received. I haven't felt so frustrated since I first > installed Red Hat 7.0. > > Regards Bill >