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freshclam.conf(5) |
freshclam.conf − Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus database update tool
The file freshclam.conf configures the Clam AntiVirus Database Updater, freshclam(1).
The file consists of comments and options with arguments. Each line which starts with a hash (#) symbol is ignored by the parser. Options and arguments are case sensitive and of the form Option Argument. The arguments are of the following types:
BOOL |
Boolean value (yes/no or true/false or 1/0). | ||
STRING |
String without blank characters. | ||
SIZE |
Size in bytes. You can use ’M’ or ’m’ modifiers for megabytes and ’K’ or ’k’ for kilobytes. | ||
NUMBER |
Unsigned integer. |
When an option
is not used (hashed or doesn’t exist in the
configuration file) freshclam takes a default action.
Example
If this option is set freshclam will not run.
DatabaseOwner STRING
When started by root, drop
privileges to a specified user.
Default:
AllowSupplementaryGroups BOOL
Initialize supplementary group
access (freshclam must be started by root).
Default: disabled
DatabaseDirectory STRING
Path to a directory containing
database files.
Default: /var/clamav
Checks NUMBER
Number of database checks per
day.
Default: 12
UpdateLogFile STRING
Enable logging to a specified
file. Highly recommended.
Default: disabled.
LogSyslog BOOL
Enable logging to Syslog. May
be used in combination with UpdateLogFile.
Default: disabled.
LogFacility STRING
Specify the type of syslog
messages − please refer to ’man syslog’
for facility names.
Default: LOG_LOCAL6
PidFile STRING
This option allows you to save
the process identifier of the daemon to a file specified in
the argument.
Default: disabled
LogVerbose BOOL
Enable verbose logging.
Default: disabled
DNSDatabaseInfo STRING
This directive enables database
and software version checks through DNS TXT records.
Default: enabled, pointing to current.cvd.clamav.net
DatabaseMirror STRING
Server name where database
updates are downloaded from. In order to download the
database from the closest mirror you should configure
freshclam to use db.xy.clamav.net where xy represents your
country code. If this option is given multiple times,
freshclam(1) tries them in the order given. It’s
strongly recommended that you use db.xy.clamav.net as the
first mirror and database.clamav.net as the second.
Default: database.clamav.net
MaxAttempts NUMBER
How many attempts (per mirror)
to make before giving up.
Default: 3 (per mirror)
ScriptedUpdates BOOL
With this option you can
control scripted updates. It’s highly recommended to
keep it enabled.
Default: enabled
CompressLocalDatabase BOOL
By default freshclam will keep
the local databases (.cld) uncompressed to make their
handling faster. With this option you can enable the
compression; the change will take effect with the next
database update.
Default: no
HTTPProxyServer STR, HTTPProxyPort NUMBER
Use given proxy server and TCP port for database downloads.
HTTPProxyUsername STR,HTTPProxyPassword STRING
Proxy usage is authenticated
through given username and password.
Default: no proxy authentication
HTTPUserAgent STRING
If your servers are behind a
firewall/proxy which applies User-Agent filtering, you can
use this option to force the use of a different User-Agent
header.
Default: clamav/version_number
LocalIPAddress IP
Use IP as client address
for downloading databases. Useful for multi homed systems.
Default: Use OS´es default outgoing IP address.
NotifyClamd STRING
Notify a running clamd(8) to
reload its database after a download has occurred. The path
for clamd.conf file must be provided.
Default: The default is to not notify clamd. See
clamd.conf(5)´s option SelfCheck for how clamd(8)
handles database updates in this case.
OnUpdateExecute STRING
Execute this command after the
database has been successfully updated.
Default: disabled
OnOutdatedExecute STRING
Execute this command when
freshclam reports outdated version. In the command string %v
will be replaced by the new version number.
Default: disabled
OnErrorExecute STRING
Execute this command after a
database update has failed.
Default: disabled
ConnectTimeout NUMBER
Timeout in seconds when
connecting to database server.
Default: 10
ReceiveTimeout NUMBER
Timeout in seconds when reading
from database server.
Default: 30
SubmitDetectionStats STRING
When enabled freshclam will
submit statistics to the ClamAV Project about the latest
virus detections in your environment. The ClamAV maintainers
will then use this data to determine what types of malware
are the most detected in the field and in what geographic
area they are. This feature requires LogTime and LogFile to
be enabled in clamd.conf. The path for clamd.conf file must
be provided.
Default: disabled
DetectionStatsCountry STRING
Country of origin of
malware/detection statistics (for statistical purposes
only). The statistics collector at ClamAV.net will look up
your IP address to determine the geographical origin of the
malware reported by your installation. If this installation
is mainly used to scan data which comes from a different
location, please enable this option and enter a two-letter
code (see http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/) of the
country of origin.
Default: disabled
/etc/freshclam.conf
Thomas Lamy <thomas.lamy@netwake.de>, Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>
freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamd(8), clamav-milter(8), clamscan(1)
freshclam.conf(5) |