CLAMAV NOT RUNNING? Possible Solution

[William Case]

Forgot to mention:

On Fri, 2006-21-04 at 11:41 -0400, William Case wrote:
> Hi Javier or anyone else.
> 
> I still can't get clamd running even after your helpful suggestions.
> 
> freshclam works
> clamscan works
> 
> [root ~]# clamdscan
> ERROR: Clamd is not configured properly.
> 
> [root ~]# service clamd start
> clamd: unrecognized service
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2006-19-04 at 01:45 -0500, Javier Perez wrote:
> > OK.
> > check out where your clamav.log file is. clamav.conf should say it.
> > Or you can try and look it up on /var/log/clamav
> 
> ls: /var/log/campav: No such file or directory
> Am I supposed to create a campav directory in /var/log or does clamav do
> it?
> >  
> > try to start clamd with
> >  
> > # service clamd start
> 
> clamd: unrecognized service
> 
> >  
> > check out the logs. what are they telling you?
> 
> Nothing.  clamav.log doesn't exist.  Message and mail are silent.
> 
> > a common error is that clamav might be looking for its configuration
> > file in /etc/ instead of /etc/clamav
> 
> Done.  No /etc/clamav but there is a /etc/clamd.d -- created link there.
> 
There is no /etc/clamav.conf.  There is a /etc/clamd.conf.
Linked /etc/clamd.conf to /etc/clamd.d/clamd.conf

>  
> > you could solve it by using a symbolic link
> >  
> 
> All help greatly received.  I haven't felt so frustrated since I first 
> installed Red Hat 7.0.
> 
> Regards Bill
>