[MacPorts] #39435: clamav
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Fri Jun 14 11:55:29 PDT 2013
#39435: clamav
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Reporter: mroman@… | Owner: dluke@…
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: ports | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: haspatch
Port: clamav |
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Comment (by mroman@…):
The freshclam.conf says it runs by default as clamav user. So I was
curious and deleted the clamav user and group using dscl. Rebuilding port
gave me configure error.[[BR]]
The problem with no having clamav user is that enduser has to manually
edit .conf files and create ${prefix}/share/clamav with appropriate
owner/group to enable freshclam to fetch virus definitions. But most users
just use default settings. Besides, separate clamav user account rather
doesn't create any security risk.[[BR]]
If you look at clamav-server there is big list of things for user to do.
Pretty nasty for me.[[BR]]
I am not sure about this suid bit, but I suppose it would not pose any
additional security problem: it's just for freshclam and the clamav user
doesn't have admin privileges afterall.[[BR]]
Thank you for your response. I have just thought to make the configuration
of this port a little easier.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39435#comment:5>
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