Installation manual

ESET Gateway Security

In this section we will review the terms and abbreviations used in this document. Note that

a boldface font is reserved for product component names and also for newly defined terms and

abbreviations. Terms and abbreviations defined in this chapter are expanded upon later in this

document.

ESETS

ESET Security is a standard acronym for all security products developed by ESET, spol. s r.o. for

Linux, BSD and Solaris operating systems. It is also the name (or its part) of the software package

containing the products.

RSR

Abbreviation for ‘RedHat/Novell(SuSE) Ready’. Note that we also support RedHat Ready

and Novell(SuSE) Ready variations of the product. The RSR package di ers from the “standard”

Linux version in that it meets the FHS (File-system Hierarchy Standard defined as a part of

Linux Standard Base) criteria required by the RedHat Ready and Novell(SuSE) Ready certificate.

This means that the RSR package is installed as an add-on application–the primary installation

directory is ’/opt/eset/esets’.

ESETS daemon

The main ESETS system control and scanning daemon: esets_daemon.

ESETS base directory

The directory where ESETS loadable modules containing the virus signature database

are stored. The abbreviation @BASEDIR@ will be used for future references to this

directory. The @BASEDIR@ value for the following Operating Systems is listed below:

  Linux:/var/lib/esets

  LinuxRSR:/var/opt/eset/esets/lib

  FreeBSD:/var/lib/esets

  NetBSD:/var/lib/esets

  Solaris:/var/opt/esets/lib

ESETS configuration directory

The directory where all files related to the ESET Gateway Security configuration are stored.

The abbreviation @ETCDIR@ will be used for future references to this directory. The @ETCDIR@

value for the following Operating Systems is listed below:

  Linux:/etc/esets

  LinuxRSR:/etc/opt/eset/esets

  FreeBSD:/usr/local/etc/esets

  NetBSD:/usr/pkg/etc/esets

  Solaris:/etc/opt/esets

ESETS configuration file

Main ESET Gateway Security configuration file. The absolute path of the file is as follows:

  @ETCDIR@/esets.cfg

ESETS binary files directory

The directory where the relevant ESET Gateway Security binary files are stored. The