problems with clamd when restarting exim

[kisonay]

Just started to setup a new VPS (CENTOS 6.4 x86_64 kvm – s1 WHM 11.38.0 (build 7)) and am running into a problem with clamd.

I have installed the clamavconnector via the addons in WHM. I didn't see anything odd in the output.

When I restart EXIM I get the following:

root@s1 [~]# /etc/init.d/exim restart
Shutting down clamd: [FAILED]
Shutting down exim: [  OK  ]
Shutting down spamd:][FAILED]
Starting clamd: LibClamAV Error: cli_loaddb(): No supported database files found in /usr/share/clamav
ERROR: Can't open file or directory
                               [FAILED]
Starting exim: [  OK  ]

I have confirmed that /usr/share/clamav is empty. I uninstalled / reinstalled clamavconnector via WHM and the folder is still empty.

I searched the forum and google and tried the following:

cd /usr/local/cpanel/mod*/clam* (/usr/local/cpanel/modules-install/clamavconnector-Linux-x86_64)
./uninstall
./install

didn't resolve the issue. I also tried /scripts/upcp --force with no success.

If I run /usr/bin/freshclam I get the following

ClamAV update process started at Wed May 15 07:20:11 2013
main.cvd is up to date (version: 54, sigs: 1044387, f-level: 60, builder: sven)
daily.cld is up to date (version: 17213, sigs: 1263724, f-level: 63, builder: neo)
bytecode.cld is up to date (version: 214, sigs: 41, f-level: 63, builder: neo)

When I see what version of clamd is installed I get the following

root@s1 [~]# clamd --v
ClamAV 0.97.8
root@s1 [~]# which clamd
/usr/local/sbin/clamd

I also find it odd that spamd is referenced in the Exim restart as I have disabled SpamAssassin.


I'm at a loss now, not sure what I need to do to resolve the issue.



Any help/guidance would greatly be appreciated.

 

[kisonay]

If anyone else has this problem, I finally figured it out. turns out freshclam was loading the database files to a location different than what clamav was looking form.

I went to /etc/freshclam.conf and updated it as follows

# Path to the database directory.
# WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive!
# Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options)
#DatabaseDirectory /var/clamav
DatabaseDirectory /usr/share/clamav

Note, that I commented out the original DatabaseDirectory value and created a new one pointing to where clamd was looking for it.

Once the change was made I ran freshclam and it download the database to the new location.

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

It's possible there was a previous installation of ClamAV (either via Source or RPM) that caused this problem. If anyone notices this issue when there are no previous installations of ClamAV, feel free to open a ticket using the link in my signature so we can take a closer look.

Thank you.