Public bug reported:
Tried "freshclam" result
$ freshclam
ERROR: Failed to open log file /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log: Permission denied
ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile =
/var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
ERROR: initialize: libfreshclam init failed.
ERROR: Initialization error!
$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description: Ubuntu
24.04.3 LTS
Release: 24.04 upgraded today to 24.04.3
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: clamav-freshclam 1.4.3+dfsg-0ubuntu0.24.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-27.27~24.04.1-generic 6.14.6
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Aug 7 14:31:12 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-07-18 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250215)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: clamav
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: clamav (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug noble wayland-session
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freshclam permission denied insuffficent permissions
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