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New system user and group</A>
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If you are installing ClamAV for the first time, you have to add a new
user and group to your system: <A NAME="tex2html18"
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# groupadd clamav
# useradd -g clamav -s /bin/false -c "Clam AntiVirus" clamav
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The above method works on Linux and Solaris - in case you don't have
<I>groupadd, useradd</I> please consult the system manual.
If you are installing ClamAV on a user account you may omit this step with
the <code>--disable-clamav</code> option passed to the <code>configure</code> script:
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$ ./configure --disable-clamav
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It disables testing for existence of the <I>clamav</I> user and group.
<B>clamscan still requires the unprivileged user and group to work
in the superuser mode.</B> The password for that account should be locked
in <I>/etc/passwd</I> or <I>/etc/shadow</I>.
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Tomasz Kojm
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