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Setting up auto-updating</A> |
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<code>freshclam</code> is the automatic database update tool for Clam AntiVirus.
It can work in two modes:
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<LI>interactive - on demand from command line
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<LI>daemon - silently in the background
</LI>
</UL>
<code>freshclam</code> is advanced tool: it supports scripted updates (instead
of transferring the whole CVD file at each update it only transfers the
differences between the latest and the current database via a special
script), database version checks through DNS, proxy servers (with
authentication), digital signatures and various error scenarios.
<SPAN CLASS="textbf">Quick test: run freshclam (as superuser) with no parameters
and check the output.</SPAN> If everything is OK you may create the log file in
/var/log (owned by <SPAN CLASS="textit">clamav</SPAN> or another user <code>freshclam</code> will be
running as):
<PRE>
# touch /var/log/freshclam.log
# chmod 600 /var/log/freshclam.log
# chown clamav /var/log/freshclam.log
</PRE>
Now you <SPAN CLASS="textit">should</SPAN> edit the configuration file <code>freshclam.conf</code>
and point the <SPAN CLASS="textit">UpdateLogFile</SPAN> directive to the log file. Finally, to
run <code>freshclam</code> in the daemon mode, execute:
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# freshclam -d
</PRE>
The other way is to use the <SPAN CLASS="textit">cron</SPAN> daemon. You have to add the
following line to the crontab of <SPAN CLASS="textbf">root</SPAN> or <SPAN CLASS="textbf">clamav</SPAN> user:
<SMALL CLASS="SMALL"> </SMALL><PRE>
N * * * * /usr/local/bin/freshclam --quiet
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to check for a new database every hour. <SPAN CLASS="textbf">N should be a
number between 3 and 57 of your choice. Please don't choose any multiple
of 10, because there are already too many clients using those time slots.</SPAN>
Proxy settings are only configurable via the configuration file and
<code>freshclam</code> will require strict permission settings for the config
file when <code>HTTPProxyPassword</code> is turned on.
<PRE>
HTTPProxyServer myproxyserver.com
HTTPProxyPort 1234
HTTPProxyUsername myusername
HTTPProxyPassword mypass
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