[Mimedefang] Using ClamAV with default run-as-user settings

[Rob]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com 
> [mailto:mimedefang-bounces at lists.roaringpenguin.com] On 
> Behalf Of Kenneth Porter
> 
> Good to know, but there's an additional complication when 
> installing RPM's: 
> The log and run directories, which need to be writable by the user in 
> question, and the lib directory with the virus database downloaded by 
> freshclam. These are created by the clamav RPM at installation time.
> 
> Currently I'm hand-changing the ownership on these following 
> installation/update, but it gets undone every time I update 
> the package.

I've found a simple fix - put the following in your mimedefang-filter:

$ClamdSock  = "/var/run/clamav/clamd";

I'm now happily running clamd as the default user clamav without issue.  No
more ownership or upgrade issues.  Maybe we could ask that this becomes the
default location for future use, or a search list is used (try the default
clamd location first, then the MD custom location second)?

-- 
Rob