Root and Avast

[Hozza]

I understand getting a permissions denied in the scan log after trying to scan the whole system as a user, but when i run avast as root (gksudo avastgui in ubuntu) it still says permissions denied.

Whats happening, am i missing something?

Thanks for any help or advise you can give.

 

[zilog]

I understand getting a permissions denied in the scan log after trying to scan the whole system as a user, but when i run avast as root (gksudo avastgui in ubuntu) it still says permissions denied.

Whats happening, am i missing something?

Thanks for any help or advise you can give.

 

Hallo,
root hs access to everything, regardless to anything - thus, the answer is, you aren't root. the checkaccess() function checks the effective uid.

try "su -" from terminal.

regards,
pc