Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode

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khimaira
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Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode

Post by khimaira »

Since the latest upgrades and changes in Mailscanner I have been receiving the following cron errors:

/etc/cron.daily/freshclam:

ERROR: Problem with internal logger (UpdateLogFile = /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log).
ERROR: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode (check permissions!).

Running freshclam manually is updating but nothing is recorded in the log file:

-rw-r--r-- 1 clam clam 2135 Jun 14 03:30 freshclam.log

I have at least 3 freshclam.conf files and in most case all options are pounded out including the log file and user options. What should be changed where?

Note these are cpanel servers.
ForumAdmin
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Re: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode

Post by ForumAdmin »

That is not a cron job used by our MailScanner implementation and should be removed now that it uses Clamavconnector from cPanel which updates freshclam via a job in the root crontab.
khimaira
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Re: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode

Post by khimaira »

Thank you very much for your response. I'll remove it.
gschaefer
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Re: Can't open /var/log/clamav/freshclam.log in append mode

Post by gschaefer »

I have the same problem after the latest update.

Where and how to remove this cronjob to remove it?
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