User manual

www.grisoft.com

AVG Linux Email Server / User Manual

c) Product Registration

After the installation process you need to register your

AVG for Linux E-mail

Server

unless it has been registered already during the installation process;

this applies to special packages for

AVG Anti-Virus vendor partners.

The registration can be performed by launching the

$ avgscan -register

command in your shell.

(See chapter 7.1 Standalone Command Line Modules/AVGSCAN Command for

details).

Launching the E-mail Scanning Daemon

Having installed and registered your

AVG for Linux E-mail Server you must

start the

AVG for Linux services. These services completely cover both e-mail

and on-access scanning modules that run as memory resident daemons. The

daemons can be controlled using the signal mechanism and

AVG for Linux E-

mail Server

configuration file.

(See chapters 7.4 Standalone Command Line Modules/Service Signals and 8.

Configuration File for detailed information).

Launch the services as root (only root can send signals to daemons):

# /etc/init.d/avgd start

If you are not logged in as root, the command responds with respective

warning.

You can use the

$ su

command and apply the superuser password to change your identity to the

root.

Note: The fact you are logged in as root is usually indicated by the '#'

character at the beginning of your prompt. The normal user identity is

indicated by the '$' character.

See chapter

5. E-mail Scanning for detailed information on the e-mail

scanning daemon.

Note: The e-mail scanning daemon serves its purpose only when a mail

transport agent and possibly the necessary third party software are present

and properly configured! See chapter

4. Third Party Products for basic

information on how to install and setup additional tools needed to enable the

e-mail anti-virus protection with

AVG for Linux E-mail Server.