KlamAv virus scanner Access Denied

Hello William

you need to run KlamAV with admin rights by opening terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T and typing in

sudo klamav

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1669062

Nathan:

I'm getting the following error:

williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$ sudo klamav
[sudo] password for williepabon:
kbuildsycoca running...
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
QLayout "unnamed" added to Klamav "KlamAV ", which already has a layout
williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$ Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.

Does Klamav open up still when you type in sudo klamav in the terminal?

Please try running this in terminal

sudo chown root.root /tmp/kde-williepabon

then attempt to open klamav

Nathan:

Yes, Klamav opens. This is what I get when I try your suggestion.

williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$ sudo chown root.root /tmp/kde-williepabon
[sudo] password for williepabon:
chown: cannot access `/tmp/kde-williepabon': No such file or directory

sorry try
sudo chown root.root /tmp/kdecache-williepabon

Nathan: Same response as shown:

williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$ sudo chown root.root /tmp/kdecache-williepabon
[sudo] password for williepabon:
chown: cannot access `/tmp/kdecache-williepabon': No such file or directory
williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$

Nathan:

Found the problem:
The command line is sudo chown root.root /var/tmp/kdecache-williepabon

Still need to know how to update virus signatures without getting an access denied error.
Thanks

might I ask what you are using Klamav for?

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus

A bit paranoid. For the unlikely possibility that my Linux machine might be infected.
wp

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/does-ubuntu-need-antivirus/

i would recommend giving those a read.