freshclam not updating due to permission issue

[antiartist]

freshclam doesn't want to update the signature database due to a permissions problem with the logfile:

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

The permissions for the freshclam.log file are wide open:

tom@HouseMedia:~$ ls -al /var/log/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 clamav    clamav           0 2012-03-17 01:36 freshclam.log

And although this shouldn't be a problem, I check the parent folder as well:

tom@HouseMedia:~$ ls -ld /var/log/
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2012-04-01 06:48 /var/log/

Help?

[Bucky Ball]

What release are you using?

[dcstar]

freshclam doesn't want to update the signature database due to a permissions problem with the logfile:
.........
The permissions for the freshclam.log file are wide open:

tom@HouseMedia:~$ ls -al /var/log/
-rwxrwxrwx  1 clamav    clamav           0 2012-03-17 01:36 freshclam.log

Here is mine:

-rw-r----- 1 clamav adm  7797 2012-04-02 18:13 freshclam.log

[antiartist]

What release are you using?

Ubuntu Linux 10.04.2
ClamAV 0.96.5 (does that sound right? I downloaded it probably a month ago)

[antiartist]

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[claracc]

Have you changed group owner and permissions in the file?

As dcstar has pointed, fresclam.log group has to be adm, and permissions -rw-r-----

[antiartist]

Have you changed group owner and permissions in the file?

As dcstar has pointed, fresclam.log group has to be adm, and permissions -rw-r-----

Look like I fiddled some more after making my permissions post as it is now what dcstar suggested...

tom@HouseMedia:/var/log$ ls -l freshclam.log
-rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 0 2012-08-05 06:30 freshclam.log

[claracc]

So, if you run sudo freshclam in xterm, what do you obtain now ?

[antiartist]

Nothing has changed. I still get the same error:

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

[claracc]

I don't have freshclam.log file under /var/log/ but under /var/log/clamav/

clara@clara1:/var/log/clamav$ ls -la
total 168
drwxr-xr-x 2 clamav clamav 4096 2012-08-05 08:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 2012-08-12 08:23 ..
-rw-r----- 1 clamav adm 50729 2012-08-12 08:23 freshclam.log