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clamav-freshclam_0.88.2-1ubuntu1_i386 
NAME
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 its database after a
download has occurred. 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.
FILES
/etc/clamav/freshclam.conf
AUTHOR
Thomas Lamy <thomas.lamy@netwake.de>
SEE ALSO
freshclam(1), clamd.conf(5), clamd(8), clamscan(1)