## ## Example config file for freshclam ## Please read the freshclam.conf(5) manual before editing this file. ## # Comment or remove the line below. # Example # Path to the database directory. # WARNING: It must match clamd.conf's directive! # Default: hardcoded (depends on installation options) DatabaseDirectory /var/clamav # Path to the log file (make sure it has proper permissions) # Default: disabled UpdateLogFile /var/log/freshclam.log # Enable verbose logging. # Default: no LogVerbose yes # Use system logger (can work together with UpdateLogFile). # Default: no #LogSyslog yes # Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog' # for facility names. # Default: LOG_LOCAL6 #LogFacility LOG_MAIL # This option allows you to save the process identifier of the daemon # Default: disabled PidFile /var/clamav/freshclam.pid # By default when started freshclam drops privileges and switches to the # "clamav" user. This directive allows you to change the database owner. # Default: clamav (may depend on installation options) DatabaseOwner _clamav # Initialize supplementary group access (freshclam must be started by root). # Default: no #AllowSupplementaryGroups yes # Use DNS to verify virus database version. Freshclam uses DNS TXT records # to verify database and software versions. With this directive you can change # the database verification domain. # WARNING: Do not touch it unless you're configuring freshclam to use your # own database verification domain. # Default: current.cvd.clamav.net #DNSDatabaseInfo current.cvd.clamav.net # Uncomment the following line and replace XY with your country # code. See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm for the full list. #DatabaseMirror db.XY.clamav.net # database.clamav.net is a round-robin record which points to our most # reliable mirrors. It's used as a fall back in case db.XY.clamav.net is # not working. DO NOT TOUCH the following line unless you know what you # are doing. DatabaseMirror database.clamav.net # How many attempts to make before giving up. # Default: 3 (per mirror) #MaxAttempts 5 # With this option you can control scripted updates. It's highly recommended # to keep it enabled. #ScriptedUpdates yes # Number of database checks per day. # Default: 12 (every two hours) #Checks 24 # Proxy settings # Default: disabled #HTTPProxyServer myproxy.com #HTTPProxyPort 1234 #HTTPProxyUsername myusername #HTTPProxyPassword mypass # 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 #HTTPUserAgent SomeUserAgentIdString # Use aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd as client address for downloading databases. Useful for # multi-homed systems. # Default: Use OS'es default outgoing IP address. #LocalIPAddress aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd # Send the RELOAD command to clamd. # Default: no #NotifyClamd /path/to/clamd.conf # Run command after successful database update. # Default: disabled #OnUpdateExecute command # Run command when database update process fails. # Default: disabled #OnErrorExecute command # Run command when freshclam reports outdated version. # In the command string %v will be replaced by the new version number. # Default: disabled #OnOutdatedExecute command # Don't fork into background. # Default: no Foreground yes # Enable debug messages in libclamav. # Default: no #Debug yes # Timeout in seconds when connecting to database server. # Default: 30 #ConnectTimeout 60 # Timeout in seconds when reading from database server. # Default: 30 #ReceiveTimeout 60