clamav/freshclam.conf

   1 ##
   2 ## Example config file for freshclam
   3 ## Please read the freshclam.conf(5) manual before editing this file.
   4 ## This file may be optionally merged with clamd.conf.
   5 ##
   6
   7 # Path to the database directory.
   8 # WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive!
   9 # Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options)
  10 #DatabaseDirectory /var/lib/clamav
  11
  12 # Path to the log file (make sure it has proper permissions)
  13 # Default: disabled
  14 #UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log
  15
  16 # Enable verbose logging.
  17 # Default: disabled
  18 #LogVerbose
  19
  20 # Use system logger (can work together with UpdateLogFile).
  21 # Default: disabled
  22 #LogSyslog
  23
  24 # Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog'
  25 # for facility names.
  26 # Default: LOG_LOCAL6
  27 #LogFacility LOG_MAIL
  28
  29 # This option allows you to save the process identifier of the daemon
  30 # Default: disabled
  31 PidFile /var/run/clamav/freshclam.pid
  32
  33 # By default when started freshclam drops privileges and switches to the
  34 # "clamav" user. This directive allows you to change the database owner.
  35 # Default: clamav (may depend on installation options)
  36 DatabaseOwner clamav
  37
  38 # Initialize supplementary group access (freshclam must be started by root).
  39 # Default: disabled
  40 #AllowSupplementaryGroups
  41
  42 # Use DNS to verify virus database version. Freshclam uses DNS TXT records
  43 # to verify database and software versions. With this directive you can change
  44 # the database verification domain.
  45 # Default: enabled, pointing to current.cvd.clamav.net
  46 #DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net
  47
  48 # Uncomment the following line and replace XY with your country
  49 # code. See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for the full list.
  50 # Default: There is no default, which results in an error when running freshclam
  51 #DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net
  52
  53 # database.clamav.net is a round-robin record which points to our most
  54 # reliable mirrors. It's used as a fall back in case db.XY.clamav.net is
  55 # not working. DO NOT TOUCH the following line unless you know what you
  56 # are doing.
  57 DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net
  58
  59 # How many attempts to make before giving up.
  60 # Default: 3 (per mirror)
  61 #MaxAttempts 5
  62
  63 # Number of database checks per day.
  64 # Default: 12 (every two hours)
  65 #Checks 24
  66
  67 # Proxy settings
  68 # Default: disabled
  69 #HTTPProxyServer myproxy.com
  70 #HTTPProxyPort 1234
  71 #HTTPProxyUsername myusername
  72 #HTTPProxyPassword mypass
  73
  74 # Use aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd as client address for downloading databases. Useful for
  75 # multi-homed systems.
  76 # Default: Use OS'es default outgoing IP address.
  77 #LocalIPAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
  78
  79 # Send the RELOAD command to clamd.
  80 # Default: disabled
  81 #NotifyClamd
  82 # By default it uses the hardcoded configuration file but you can force an
  83 # another one.
  84 #NotifyClamd /config/file/path
  85
  86 # Run command after successful database update.
  87 # Default: disabled
  88 #OnUpdateExecute command
  89
  90 # Run command when database update process fails.
  91 # Default: disabled
  92 #OnErrorExecute command
  93
  94 # Don't fork into background.
  95 # Default: disabled
  96 #Foreground
  97
  98 # Enable debug messages in libclamav.
  99 # Default: disabled
 100 #Debug