On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 19:22 +0200, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: > > > > When I boot I see this message: "ClamAV daemon: ERROR: can't open > > > /var/log/clamav/clamlog in append mode. Check permissions. ERROR: > > > problem with internal logger. Please check permissions of > > > /var/log/clamav/clamlog." > > > I checked the permissions (600) and set them to 666 to be sure that the > > > file is writable for the owner clamav. (Shouldn't be necessary though). > > > Still I can't start clamd. > > > In clamav.conf the option LogFileUnlock is uncommented. > > > I don't understand why I keep having this error. > > > Any suggestion is wellcome. > > > > > > Do you have SELinux enabled, and if so, are there any messages with > > "avc: denied" in /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit/audit.log? > > > Yes, I have. > In /var/log/audit/audit.log I have this message: > type=AVC msg=audit(1149784852.944:133): avc: denied { write } for > pid=2352 comm="freshclam" name="log" dev=tmpfs ino=6715 > scontext=system_u:system_r:freshclam_t:s0 > tcontext=system_u:object_r:devlog_t:s0 tclass=sock_file > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1149784852.944:133): arch=40000003 syscall=102 > success=no exit=-13 a0=3 a1=bf926000 a2=4f32aff4 a3=15 items=1 pid=2352 > auid=4294967295 uid=46 gid=46 euid=46 suid=46 fsuid=46 egid=46 sgid=46 > fsgid=46 comm="freshclam" exe="/usr/bin/freshclam" Curious. The AVC seems to relate to denial of sending a syslog message, whereas the error message seems to relate to a regular file (/var/log/clamav/clamlog). Are you on FC4 or FC5? Are your selinux policy packages up to date? Paul.