log messages don't work once forked.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/clamsmtpd.c b/src/clamsmtpd.c
index 591db3a..f1d6e75 100644
--- a/src/clamsmtpd.c
+++ b/src/clamsmtpd.c
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ static int virus_action(clctx_t* ctx, const char* virus)
 
     if(g_clstate.virusaction != NULL)
     {
+
+        sp_messagex(sp, LOG_DEBUG, "executing virus action: %s", g_clstate.virusaction);
+
         switch(pid = fork())
         {
         case -1:
@@ -688,13 +691,11 @@ static int virus_action(clctx_t* ctx, const char* virus)
             if(virus)
                 setenv("VIRUS", virus, 1);
 
-            sp_messagex(sp, LOG_DEBUG, "executing virus action: %s", g_clstate.virusaction);
-
             /* And execute the program */
             execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", g_clstate.virusaction, NULL);
 
-            /* If that returned then there was an error */
-            sp_message(sp, LOG_ERR, "error executing the shell for virus action");
+            /* If that returned then there was an error, but there's
+             * not much we can do about it. */
             exit(1);
             break;
         };