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clamd.conf(5)
NAME
  clamd.conf - Configuration file for Clam AntiVirus Daemon

DESCRIPTION
  clamd.conf configures the Clam AntiVirus daemon, clamd(8).

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 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) clamd takes a default action.

  Example
       If this option is set clamd will not run.

  LogFile STRING
       Enable logging to selected file.
       Default: disabled

  LogFileUnlock
       Disable a system lock that protects against running clamd with a same
       configuration file multiple times.
       Default: disabled

  LogFileMaxSize SIZE
       Limit the size of a log file. The logger will be automatically
       disabled	 if the file is greater than SIZE. Value of 0 disables the
       limit.
       Default: 1M

  LogTime
       Log time with each message.
       Default: disabled

  LogClean
       Log clean files.
       Default: disabled

  LogSyslog
       Use system logger (can work together with LogFile).
       Default: disabled

  LogFacility
       Specify the type of syslog messages - please refer to 'man syslog' for
       facility names.
       Default: LOG_LOCAL6

  LogVerbose
       Enable verbose logging.
       Default: disabled

  PidFile STRING
       Save the process identifier of a listening daemon (main thread) to a
       specified file.
       Default: disabled

  TemporaryDirectory STRING
       Optional path to the global temporary directory.
       Default: system specific (usually /tmp or /var/tmp).

  DatabaseDirectory STRING
       Path to a directory containing database files.
       Default: /usr/local/share/clamav

  LocalSocket STRING
       Path to a local (Unix) socket the daemon will listen on.
       Default: disabled

  FixStaleSocket
       Remove stale socket after unclean shutdown.
       Default: disabled

  TCPSocket NUMBER
       TCP port number the daemon will listen on.
       Default: disabled

  TCPAddr STRING
       TCP socket address to bind to. By default clamd binds to INADDR_ANY.
       Default: disabled

  MaxConnectionQueueLength NUMBER
       Maximum length the queue of pending connections may grow to.
       Default: 15

  MaxThreads NUMBER
       Maximal number of threads running at the same time.
       Default: 10

  ReadTimeout NUMBER
       Waiting for data from a client socket will timeout after this time
       (seconds).
       Default: 120

  IdleTimeout NUMBER
       Waiting for a new job will timeout after this time (seconds).
       Default: 30

  MaxDirectoryRecursion NUMBER
       Maximal depth directories are scanned at.
       Default: 15

  FollowDirectorySymlinks
       Follow directory symlinks.
       Default: disabled

  FollowFileSymlinks
       Follow regular file symlinks.
       Default: disabled

  SelfCheck NUMBER
       Do internal sanity checks every NUMBER seconds.
       Default: 1800

  VirusEvent COMMAND
       Execute the COMMAND when virus is found. In the command string %v will
       be replaced by a virus name.
       Default: disabled

  ExitOnOOM
       Stop deamon when libclamav reports out of memory condition.
       Default: disabled

  /usr/local/etc/clamd.conf

AUTHOR
  Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@clamav.net>

SEE ALSO
  clamd(8), clamdscan(1), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1),
  clamav-milter(8)

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