On Saturday 14 February 2009 17:35:32 Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:12:47 +0000: > > > that is userhomedir/tmp/clamd.socket > > > > Kai, I'm lost. That's what I touch'd, so it does exist. > > Read again, this is "userhomedir/tmp/clamd.socket" and not > "/tmp/clamd.socket". clamd does not use the socket > "userhomedir/tmp/clamd.socket" unless you tell it to do so. And freshclam > does not try to signal to that socket unless it cannot find the correct > clamd.conf or has some other problem that you created. Find out why your > freshclam is trying the wrong socket. > If you installed clamav from rpmforge, it works out of the box. > There is nothing needed to be touched, remove that touched file! > Check your clamd.conf that the correct socket gets used, check > freshclam.conf that the correct clamd.conf is read and start clamd. > There's nothing else to do. > And if you don't need clamd, there's no need to install it or signal to > it. So, tell it not to signal. > "Clamd successfully notified about the update." I hate being beaten! :-) I simply removed the line that mentioned a local socket. So simple, and so easily missed. Yes, it probably wasn't enabled by default, but by misunderstanding. Thanks to all who helped. Anne Anne -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 197 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090217/85c4bbe7/attachment-0004.sig>