[MacPorts] #39435: clamav

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#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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