Package: clamav-freshclam Version: 0.99.3~beta1+dfsg-2 Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer, I've tried reconfiguring clamav-freshclam, to disable the daemon: # dpkg-reconfigure clamav-freshclam ... Virus database update method: manual ... The reconfiguration process ends up with database update and stopped daemon; unfortunately, after reboot, the daemon starts again. $ ps -ef | grep freshclam clamav 505 1 0 Nov14 ? 00:00:10 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --foreground=true Workaround. Add the following line to "/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf": Checks 0 After reboot, the daemon tries to start, but exits succesfully with a warning. $ journalctl | grep freshclam Nov 14 01:07:35 Computer freshclam[501]: WARNING: Number of checks must be a positive integer. Nov 14 01:07:35 Computer systemd[1]: clamav-freshclam.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=41/n/a Nov 14 01:07:35 Computer systemd[1]: clamav-freshclam.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Package-specific info: --- configuration --- # Automatically created by the clamav-freshclam postinst # Comments will get lost when you reconfigure the clamav-freshclam package DatabaseOwner clamav UpdateLogFile /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log LogVerbose false LogSyslog false LogFacility LOG_LOCAL6 LogFileMaxSize 0 LogRotate true LogTime true Foreground false Debug false MaxAttempts 5 DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net ConnectTimeout 30 ReceiveTimeout 30 TestDatabases yes ScriptedUpdates yes CompressLocalDatabase no SafeBrowsing false Bytecode true NotifyClamd /etc/clamav/clamd.conf DatabaseMirror db.ua.clamav.net DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net --- data dir --- total 240088 -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 766976 Nov 8 00:25 bytecode.cld -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 127169536 Nov 14 02:14 daily.cld -rw-r--r-- 1 clamav clamav 117892267 Nov 3 02:00 main.cvd -rw------- 1 clamav clamav 364 Nov 14 04:14 mirrors.dat -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages clamav-freshclam depends on: ii clamav-base 0.99.3~beta1+dfsg-2 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.64 ii dpkg 1.18.24 ii init-system-helpers 1.50 ii libc6 2.24-17 ii libclamav7 0.99.3~beta1+dfsg-2 ii libssl1.1 1.1.0f-5 ii logrotate 3.11.0-0.1 ii lsb-base 9.20170808 ii procps 2:3.3.12-3 ii ucf 3.0036 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-5 clamav-freshclam recommends no packages. Versions of packages clamav-freshclam suggests: pn apparmor <none> pn clamav-docs <none> -- debconf information: * clamav-freshclam/SafeBrowsing: false clamav-freshclam/internet_interface: * clamav-freshclam/LogRotate: true clamav-freshclam/proxy_user: * clamav-freshclam/Bytecode: true * clamav-freshclam/local_mirror: db.ua.clamav.net (Ukraine) * clamav-freshclam/update_interval: 1 * clamav-freshclam/autoupdate_freshclam: manual * clamav-freshclam/http_proxy: * clamav-freshclam/NotifyClamd: true * clamav-freshclam/PrivateMirror: -- Best wishes, Bob