freshclam.conf - Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus Database Updater
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 that starts with a hash (#) symbol is a comment. Options and arguments are case sensitive and of the form Option Argument. The (possibly optional) arguments are of the following types:
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:
AllowSupplementaryGroups
Initialize supplementary group access (freshclam must be started by root).
Default: disabled
DatabaseDirectory STRING
Path to a directory containing database files.
Default: /var/lib/clamav/
Checks NUM
Number of database checks per day.
Default: 12
UpdateLogFile STRING
Enable logging to a specified file. Highly recommended.
Default: disabled.
LogSyslog
Enable logging to Syslog. May be used in combination with UpdateLogFile.
Default: disabled.
LogFacility
Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog' for facility names.
Default: LOG_LOCAL6
PidFile
This option allows you to save the process identifier of the daemon.
Default: disabled
LogVerbose
Enable verbose logging.
Default: disabled
DNSDatabaseInfo STRING
This directive enables database and software version verification 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 NUM
Freshclam(1) tries every mirror this number of times before switching to the next mirror.
.Default: 3 (per mirror)
HTTPProxyServer STR, HTTPProxyPort NUM
Use given proxy server and TCP port for database downloads.
HTTPProxyUsername STR,HTTPProxyPassword STR
Proxy usage is authenticated through given username and password.
.Default: no proxy authentication
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 it's database after a download has occured. Optionally a clamd.conf(5) file location may be given to tell freshclam(1) how to communicate with clamd(8) .
.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
OnErrorExecute STRING
Execute this command after a database update has failed.
Default: disabled
NOTE
While not reasonable, any configuration option from clamd.conf(5) may be given.
