ERROR: Can't connect to clamd: No such file or directory ***FIXED***

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#1 Thu, 02/07/2013 - 16:34
sinlimites

ERROR: Can't connect to clamd: No such file or directory ***FIXED***

I am trying to setup a fresh install of Vitrualmin with Ubuntu 12.04 x64 on a VPS from DigitalOcean but I keep coming up against the same problem.

The install goes fine and I can log into the control panel and run through the Post-Installation Wizard, but then errors at the ClamAV section with the following:

A problem occurred testing the ClamAV server scanner : ERROR: Can't connect to clamd: No such file or directory

----------- SCAN SUMMARY ----------- Infected files: 0 Time: 0.000 sec (0 m 0 s)

I have search this and other forums and tried various things but to no avail. I have re-built about three time to see if there is something I am doing wrong but this come back again and again.

All help great appreciated.

Thu, 02/07/2013 - 19:16
andreychek

Howdy,

What do these two commands show:

dpkg -l clamav
ps auxw | grep clamav
Fri, 02/08/2013 - 09:57
sinlimites

Andrey,

dpkg -l clamav Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii clamav 0.97.6+dfsg-1u anti-virus utility for Unix - command-line i

ps auxw | grep clamav clamav 16604 0.0 0.4 44048 2028 ? Ss Feb07 0:46 /usr/bin/freshclam -d --quiet root 28053 0.0 0.1 9384 892 pts/0 S+ 15:41 0:00 grep --color=auto clamav

Thanks

Sun, 02/10/2013 - 16:08
sinlimites

andreychek, I have worked out what was going on here. The VPS had been created without a swap partition so every time that clamav was starting it filled the ram. I added a swap file as it is on an SSD and everything flew into life. Thanks for your help. Neil

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