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2. Terminology and abbreviations
In this section, we will review the terms and abbreviations used in this document. Note that 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 on 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 of the software package containing the products.
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 (depending on the operating system) is listed below:
Linux: /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 File Security configuration are stored. The abbreviation @ETCDIR@ will be used
for future references to this directory. The @ETCDIR@ value (depending on the operating system) is listed below:
Linux: /etc/opt/eset/esets
FreeBSD: /usr/local/etc/esets
NetBSD: /usr/pkg/etc/esets
Solaris: /etc/opt/esets
ESETS configuration file
Main ESET File 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 File Security binary files are stored. The abbreviation @BINDIR@ will be used for future
references to this directory. The @BINDIR@ value (depending on the operating system) is listed below:
Linux: /opt/eset/esets/bin
FreeBSD: /usr/local/bin
NetBSD: /usr/pkg/bin
Solaris: /opt/esets/bin
ESETS system binary files directory
The directory where the relevant ESET File Security system binary files are stored. The abbreviation @SBINDIR@ will be used for
future references to this directory. The @SBINDIR@ value (depending on the operating system) is listed below:
Linux: /opt/eset/esets/sbin
FreeBSD: /usr/local/sbin
NetBSD: /usr/pkg/sbin
Solaris: /opt/esets/sbin
ESETS object files directory
The directory where the relevant ESET File Security object files and libraries are stored. The abbreviation @LIBDIR@ will be used
for future references to this directory. The @LIBDIR@ value (depending on the operating system) is listed below:
Linux: /opt/eset/esets/lib
FreeBSD: /usr/local/lib/esets
NetBSD: /usr/pkg/lib/esets
Solaris: /opt/esets/lib
Note: In a 64-bit Linux operating system environment there are some 32-bit libraries available in the following directory (for
example, the libesets_pac.so preload library to scan 32-bit binary files):
Linux: /opt/eset/esets/lib32