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freshclam.conf(5)                              Clam AntiVirus                              freshclam.conf(5)



NAME
       freshclam.conf - Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus database update tool

DESCRIPTION
       The file freshclam.conf configures the Clam AntiVirus Database Updater, freshclam(1).

FILE FORMAT
       The file consists of comments and options with arguments. Each line which starts with a hash (#) sym-bol symbol
       bol is ignored by the parser. Options and arguments are case sensitive and of the form  Option  Argu-ment. Argument.
       ment. 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.

DIRECTIVES
       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: _clamav

       AllowSupplementaryGroups BOOL
              Initialize supplementary group access (freshclam must be started by root).
              Default: disabled

       DatabaseDirectory STRING
              Path to a directory containing database files.
              Default: /private/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

       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

FILES
       /private/etc/freshclam.conf

AUTHOR
       Thomas Lamy <thomas.lamy@netwake.de>, Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
       freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamd(8), clamav-milter(8), clamscan(1)




ClamAV 0.91.2                                 February 12, 2007                            freshclam.conf(5)