Hello,

CentOS/Redhat/AlmaLinux:

Bash:

# Test and see current user

grep --color -E "^(#|)User" /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf



# Disable it

perl -pi -e 's/^User /#User /' /etc/clamd.d/scan.conf

Debian/Ubuntu:

Bash:

# Test and see current user

grep --color -E "^(#|)User" /etc/clamav/clamd.conf



# Disable it

perl -pi -e 's/^User /#User /' /etc/clamav/clamd.conf

and restart clamav daemon.

Quoted from Guest on Sunday, 21 December 2025

Hi the all directories of this user is access denied

Only that user and no problem with other users?

Quoted from Guest on Sunday, 21 December 2025

Only that user and no problem with other users?

Clamav when installed from OS repositories can not read user's homedirs. So it is the same for all users, unless clamav runs under root privileges. If the clamav ran under root user, the error would not happen.

Quoted from Guest on Sunday, 21 December 2025

So it is the same for all users, unless clamav runs under root privileges.

Yes that's correct. So that is the reason why I asked, because specifically was written "this user" and not "all users" or "users" which made me wonder if it could be a wrong permission issue no the users homedir in some way or something similar.
Which would wonder me too as Clamd is normally run as root. But just wanted to ask to be sure.