Package: clamav-daemon Version: 0.90.1dfsg-3etch11 Severity: normal
Upon starting up, clamav-daemon does not create its pidfile until after the databases have been loaded. This results in a long period during which multiple clamav instances can be started. This is taken from /var/log/clamav/clamav-daemon.log ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- Fri May 9 16:37:52 2008 -> +++ Started at Fri May 9 16:37:52 2008 Fri May 9 16:37:52 2008 -> clamd daemon 0.90.1 (OS: linux-gnu, ARCH: i386, CPU: i486) Fri May 9 16:37:52 2008 -> Log file size limit disabled. Fri May 9 16:37:52 2008 -> Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav Fri May 9 17:05:50 2008 -> Loaded 280469 signatures. Fri May 9 17:05:50 2008 -> WARNING: Socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl exists. Unclean shutdown? Removing... Fri May 9 17:05:50 2008 -> Unix socket file /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- before the database is loaded /var/run/clamav looks like: ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- srwxrwxrwx 1 clamav clamav 0 2008-05-09 10:59 clamd.ctl -rw-rw---- 1 clamav clamav 4 2008-05-08 17:26 freshclam.pid ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- and then, once the database reload has finally finished, /var/run/clamav looks like: ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- srwxrwxrwx 1 clamav clamav 0 2008-05-09 17:05 clamd.ctl -rw-rw---- 1 clamav clamav 5 2008-05-09 17:05 clamd.pid -rw-rw---- 1 clamav clamav 4 2008-05-08 17:26 freshclam.pid ----8<-------------------------------------------------------- It might be an idea to have the pid file created as soon as clamd starts, enabling better process monitoring. Thanks! Patrick Cherry -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.1-bytemark-uml Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB.UTF-8) Versions of packages clamav-daemon depends on: ii clamav-base 0.90.1dfsg-3etch11 base package for clamav, an anti-v ii clamav-freshclam [cla 0.90.1dfsg-3etch11 downloads clamav virus databases f ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libclamav2 0.90.1dfsg-3etch11 virus scanner library ii lsb-base 3.1-23.2etch1 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip ii ucf 2.0020 Update Configuration File: preserv clamav-daemon recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
