Remote clamd support isn't working

[mSys-mislav]

# Remote clamd support
# If you're running a dedicated clamd server, you can instruct clamdscan to use
# it instead of the local daemon (which doesn't even need to run). To use
# this you need to create a 'clamd.remote.conf' with:
#
# TCPSocket 3310
# TCPAddr clamd.example.com
#
# Enable connecting to a remote clamd service to conduct all file scanning
# offload from local system. This requires that clamdscan binary be available
# to the local system.
#
# Files being scanned are effectively piped to remote daemon, this can be very
# bandwidth intensive.
# [ 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled ]
scan_clamd_remote="1"

# To instruct maldetect to use that config, enter the path to that file:
remote_clamd_config="/etc/clamd.d/clamd.remote.conf"

the following code is not working
maldet is not activating/triggering remote clamav

However, if for example you run manually just clamav with the same:
clamdscan --config-file=/etc/clamd.d/clamd.remote.conf /var/www/html/

This is working properly. So it looks like maldet is not calling this properly.
maldet version v1.6.6 is used

[fredo-m]

Hi,

I also use a remote clamd server with this configuration and it works.

A clue, on the server where there is maldet, I only have the clamdscan command, the clamscan command is uninstalled.

Regards.

[fredo-m]

Hi,

I have the impression that if clamscan and clamdscan are installed, it uses clamscan even if "scan_clamd_remote" and "remote_clamd_config" are configured. Normally in this case it should use clamdscan and not clamscan.

Regards.