error ClamAV daemon

Peter Lesterhuis peterlesterhuis at tiscali.nl
Fri Jun 9 15:10:02 UTC 2006


>
> When I boot I see this message: "ClamAV daemon: ERROR: can't open  
>   
>>>>> >>> > > > /var/log/clamav/clamlog in append mode. Check permissions. 
>>>>>           
>> >>> ERROR: > > > problem with internal logger. Please check permissions 
>> >>> of > > > /var/log/clamav/clamlog."
>>     
>>>>> >>> > > > I checked the permissions (600) and set them to 666 to be sure 
>>>>>           
>> >>> that the > > > file is writable for the owner clamav. (Shouldn't be 
>> >>> necessary though).
>>     
>>>>> >>> > > > Still I can't start clamd.
>>>>> >>> > > > In clamav.conf the option LogFileUnlock is uncommented.
>>>>> >>> > > > I don't understand why I keep having this error.
>>>>> >>> > > > Any suggestion is wellcome.
>>>>>           
>> >>>     
>>     
>>> >> > >   > >
>>> >> > > Do you have SELinux enabled, and if so, are there any messages with
>>> >> > > "avc:  denied" in /var/log/messages or /var/log/audit/audit.log?
>>> >> > >     > Yes, I have.
>>>       
>> >> > In /var/log/audit/audit.log I have this message:
>> >> > type=AVC msg=audit(1149784852.944:133): avc:  denied  { write } for  
>> >> > pid=2352 comm="freshclam" name="log" dev=tmpfs ino=6715 > 
>>     
> >> scontext=system_u:system_r:freshclam_t:s0 > 
> >> tcontext=system_u:object_r:devlog_t:s0 tclass=sock_file
>   
>> >> > type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1149784852.944:133): arch=40000003 
>>     
> >> syscall=102 > success=no exit=-13 a0=3 a1=bf926000 a2=4f32aff4 a3=15 
> >> items=1 pid=2352 > auid=4294967295 uid=46 gid=46 euid=46 suid=46 
> >> fsuid=46 egid=46 sgid=46 > fsgid=46 comm="freshclam" 
> >> exe="/usr/bin/freshclam"
> >>  
> >> Curious. The AVC seems to relate to denial of sending a syslog message,
> >> whereas the error message seems to relate to a regular file
> >> (/var/log/clamav/clamlog).
> >>
> >> Are you on FC4 or FC5? Are your selinux policy packages up to date?
> >>   
>   
> > I have FC5 and yes, selinux packages are up to date.
>   
>
> OK, you can fix this denial as follows:
>
> Set yourself up for making local policy modules:
>
> # yum install checkpolicy
> # cd /root
> # mkdir selinux.local
> # cd selinux.local
> # chcon -R -t usr_t .
> # ln -s /usr/share/selinux/devel/Makefile .
>
> Make a local policy module for this issue, in this directory:
>
> 1. Create a file myfreshclam.te with this content:
>
> policy_module(myfreshclam, 0.1.0)
>
> require {
>          type freshclam_t;
> };
>
> # Allow freshclam to send syslog messages
> logging_send_syslog_msg(freshclam_t)
>
> 2. Build the policy module:
>
> # make
>
> 3. Finally, install your new policy module:
>
> # semodule -i myfreshclam.pp
>
> That should allow freshclam to send syslog messages, though I'm not 
> convinced that that's the actual problem you're seeing.
>   
When I do the "chcon"-step this is happening:

 selinux.local]# chcon -R -t usr_t
chcon: too few arguments
Try `chcon --help' for more information.

What should I do now?
By the way thanks for helping me.
Peter.




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