<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) 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>On-access scanning</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="On-access scanning"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="clamdoc"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="clamdoc.css"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node21.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node21.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node23.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <DIV CLASS="navigation"><!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html503" HREF="node23.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html499" HREF="node21.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html495" HREF="node21.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html501" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html504" HREF="node23.html">clamav-milter</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html500" HREF="node21.html">clamd</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html496" HREF="node21.html">clamd</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html502" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <BR> <BR></DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00051100000000000000"> On-access scanning</A> </H3> One of the interesting features of <code>clamd</code> is on-access scanning based on fanotify, included in Linux since kernel 2.6.36. <SPAN CLASS="textbf">This is not required to run clamd</SPAN>. At the moment the fanotify header is only avaliable for Linux. <BR> <BR> Configure on-access scanning in <code>clamd.conf</code> and read the <A HREF="node31.html#On-access">5.3</A> section for on-access scanning usage. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> Sourcefire 2013-04-16 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>