[GLLUG] UH, got stuck with freshclam - Debian

[Sharon Kimble]

MJ <mirojrsc at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Hi Debian Masters, Help pretty please
>
> I use Debian up-to-date. After realising I wasn't getting the
> daily updates for a long time, I deleted Mirrors.dat and daily cld. it
> still goes bad. Now -
> WARNING: Can't get information about d: Name or service not known
> WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from db.local.clamav.net
>
> The full output is:
> root at desktop:/home/publishing# freshclam -v
> Current working dir is /var/lib/clamav
> Max retries == 5
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 30 10:36:07 2014
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net
> TTL: 1008
> Software version from DNS: 0.98.4
> main.cvd version from DNS: 55
> Connecting via d
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60,
> builder: neo)
> Connecting via d
> Retrieving http://db.local.clamav.net/daily.cvd
> WARNING: Can't get information about d: Name or service not known
> WARNING: Can't download daily.cvd from db.local.clamav.net
> Trying again in 5 secs...
> ///////////////
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 30 10:36:28 2014
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net
> TTL: 988
> Software version from DNS: 0.98.4
> main.cvd version from DNS: 55
> Connecting via d
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60,
> builder: neo)
> Connecting via d
> Retrieving http://db.local.clamav.net/daily.cvd
> ERROR: Can't get information about d: Name or service not known
> ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from db.local.clamav.net
> Giving up on db.local.clamav.net...
> ClamAV update process started at Wed Jul 30 10:36:28 2014
> Using IPv6 aware code
> Querying current.cvd.clamav.net
> TTL: 988
> Software version from DNS: 0.98.4
> main.cvd version from DNS: 55
> Connecting via d
> main.cvd is up to date (version: 55, sigs: 2424225, f-level: 60,
> builder: neo)
> Connecting via d
> Retrieving http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd
> ERROR: Can't get information about d: Name or service not known
> ERROR: Can't download daily.cvd from database.clamav.net
> Giving up on database.clamav.net...
> Update failed. Your network may be down or none of the mirrors listed
> in /etc/clamav/freshclam.conf is working. Check
> http://www.clamav.net/support/mirror-problem for possible reasons.
> root at desktop:/home/publishing#

Would it not be simpler to remove clamav and freshclam, purge all
its config files and then reinstall? That would rebuild any configs
that are currently missing, and be quicker and easier in the long
run.

Sharon.
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