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noir911 10-08-2008 01:14 AM
ClamAV files filling up disk space
 
Under /var/tmp I've got more than a thousand files and directories (mostly files) like "clamav-5491055e667dc362b68dd9719c24f9c2" - these files are owned by defang:defang. I have moved (mv) some of them to a new location to reduce disk space. I just wonder if it's ok to just delete these files? I did a "file <filename>" on one of them and it says DOS executable (EXE). Not sure what these files are.

Thanks for any suggestions.

billymayday 10-08-2008 01:18 AM
Do you have LeaveTemporaryFiles defined in clamd.conf by any chance?

noir911 10-08-2008 03:39 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by billymayday (Post 3303737)
Do you have LeaveTemporaryFiles defined in clamd.conf by any chance?
Nope. Here is my /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf file

Code:
LogFile /var/spool/MIMEDefang/clamd.log
LogFileMaxSize 10M
LogTime yes
PidFile /var/spool/MIMEDefang/clamd.pid
DatabaseDirectory /usr/local/lib/clamav
LocalSocket /tmp/clamd
LocalSocket /var/spool/MIMEDefang/clamd.sock
FixStaleSocket yes
User defang
ArchiveMaxFileSize 20M

glyn3332 10-08-2008 05:23 AM
I had the same issue but what I did was work around it with this script:

PHP Code:
#! /usr/bin/php
<?php
    echo "----------Spam Clean Start----------\n\n";
    $dir = '/var/virusmails/';
    $fp = opendir ($dir);
    while ($file = readdir ($fp)) {
        if ($file == '.' || $file == '..') continue;
        if (!is_file ($dir . $file)) continue;
        $command = "rm " . $dir . $file;
        echo 'Deleting: ' . $command . "\n";
        shell_exec ( escapeshellcmd ($command) );
    }
    echo "----------Spam Clean End----------\n\n";
?>
I popped that in /etc/cron.daily to control it. Hope that helps but I'm sure someone has a better answer so I'll keep an eye on this thread :)

noir911 10-09-2008 05:32 PM
I was just wondering if all the files under /var/tmp can be delete without causing any harm to anywhere else? If yes, I can just empty this directory every night.

glyn3332 10-10-2008 05:04 AM
If I where you I would keep it targeted and limit to files that are a few hours old as you uploads from web apps if there are any on your server will be stored in there. But I can't see why not.


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