<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 99.2beta8 (1.46) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>clamd</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="clamd"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v99.2beta8"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node18.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node15.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node15.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node17.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html399" HREF="node17.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html395" HREF="node15.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html389" HREF="node15.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html397" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html400" HREF="node17.html">On-access scanning</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html396" HREF="node15.html">Configuration</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html390" HREF="node15.html">Configuration</A>   <B> <A NAME="tex2html398" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION00051000000000000000"> clamd</A> </H2> Before you start using the daemon you have to edit the configuration file (in other case <code>clamd</code> won't run): <PRE> $ clamd ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/clamd.conf. </PRE> This shows the location of the default configuration file. The format and options of this file are fully described in the <I>clamd.conf(5)</I> manual. The config file is well commented and configuration should be straightforward. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html401" HREF="node17.html">On-access scanning</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Tomasz Kojm 2007-02-12 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>