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.\" Based on work by by Tomasz Kojm, 1.10.2002. |
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.\" Manual page created by Magnus Ekdahl and Thomas Lamy |
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.TH "freshclam.conf" "5" "June 6, 2003" "Thomas Lamy" "Clam AntiVirus" |
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.SH "NAME" |
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.LP |
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\fBfreshclam.conf\fR \- Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus Database Updater |
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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.LP |
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The file freshclam.conf configures the Clam AntiVirus Database Updater, freshclam(1). |
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.SH "FILE FORMAT" |
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The file consists of comments and options with arguments. Each line that starts with a hash (\fB#\fR) symbol is ignored. Everything is case sensitive. Options are of the form \fBOption Argument\fR, some options don't use arguments. There are few types of the arguments: |
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.TP |
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\fBSTRING\fR |
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String without blank characters. |
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.TP |
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\fBSIZE\fR |
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Size in bytes. You can use a 'M' or 'm' modifiers for megabytes and a 'K' or 'k' for kilobytes. |
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.TP |
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\fBNUMBER\fR |
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Unsigned integer. |
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.SH "OPTIONS" |
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.LP |
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When some option is not used (hashed or doesn't exist in the configuration file), freshclam takes a default action. |
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.TP |
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\fBExample\fR |
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When this option is set, freshclam will stop and ask you to modify the configuration file. |
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.TP |
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\fBDatabaseOwner STRING\fR |
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When started by root, drop privileges to a specified user. Default is \"clamav\". |
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.TP |
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\fBDatabaseDirectory STRING\fR |
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One can change the default database directory here. Note that clamd and clamscan expect the hardcoded path \/var\/lib\/clamav. |
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.TP |
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\fBChecks NUM\fR |
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Number of new database checks per day. Default is to check 6 times \(every 4 hours\). |
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.TP |
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\fBUpdateLogFile STRING\fR |
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Enable logging to a specified file. Highly recommended. |
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.br |
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Default: disabled. |
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.TP |
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\fBLogSyslog\fR |
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Enable logging to Syslog. May be used in combination with UpdateLogFile |
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.br |
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Default: disabled. |
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.TP |
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\fBLogVerbose\fR |
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Enable verbose logging. |
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.TP |
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\fBDatabaseMirror STRING\fR |
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Server name where database updates are downloaded from. The default is database.clamav.net, which points to all official mirrors. |
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.br. |
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If this option is given multiple times, freshclam(1) tries them in the order given if one download fails. |
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.br |
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There is no default, which results in an error when running freshclam(1). |
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.TP |
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\fBMaxAttempts NUM\fR |
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Freshclam(1) tries every mirror this number of times before switching to the next mirror. |
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.br. |
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Default is to try once per mirror. |
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.TP |
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\fBHTTPProxyServer STR\fR, \fBHTTPProxyPort NUM\fR |
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Use given proxy server and TCP port for database downloads. |
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.TP |
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\fBHTTPProxyUsername STR\fR,\fBHTTPProxyPassword STR\fR |
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Proxy usage is authenticated through given username and password. |
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.br. |
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Default: no proxy authentication |
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.TP |
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\fBNotifyClamd \[STRING\]\fR |
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Notify a running clamd(8) to reload it\'s database after a download has occured. Optionally a clamav.conf(5) file location may be given to tell freshclam(1) how to communicate with clamd(8). |
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.br. |
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The default is to not notify clamd. See clamav.conf(5)\'s option SelfCheck for how clamd(8) handles database updates in this case. |
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.TP |
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\fBOnUpdateExecute STRING\fR |
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Execute this command after the database has been successfully updated. |
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.TP |
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\fBOnErrorExecute\fR |
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Execute this command after a database update has failed. |
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.SH "NOTE" |
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While not reasonable, any configuration option from clamav.conf(5) may be given. |
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.SH "FILES" |
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.LP |
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/usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf |
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.br |
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/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf |
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.SH "AUTHOR" |
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.LP |
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Thomas Lamy <thomas.lamy@netwake.de> |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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.LP |
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freshclam(1), clamav.conf(5), clamd(8), clamscan(1) |
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