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 (#) 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.

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 speci-
              fied 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: /usr/local/share/clamav

       Checks NUMBER
              Number of database checks per day.
              Default: 12

       UpdateLogFile STRING
              Enable  logging  to a specified file. Highly recom-
              mended.
              Default: disabled.

       LogSyslog BOOL
              Enable logging to Syslog. May be used  in  combina-
              tion 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  identi-
              fier of the daemon to a file specified in the argu-
              ment.
              Default: disabled

       LogVerbose BOOL
              Enable verbose logging.
              Default: disabled

       DNSDatabaseInfo STRING
              This directive enables database and  software  ver-
              sion checks through DNS TXT records.
              Default:   enabled,  pointing  to  current.cvd.cla-
              mav.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 coun-
              try 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  giv-
              ing 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 out-
              dated 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 NUMER
              Timeout  in  seconds  when  reading  from  database
              server.
              Default: 30

FILES
       /usr/local/etc/freshclam.conf

AUTHOR
       Thomas   Lamy   ,   Tomasz    Kojm
       

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




ClamAV 0.90             February 12, 2007       freshclam.conf(5)