Installation manual
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ESET Mail Security
In the following text we review terms and abbreviations used in this documentation. Note
that in this documentation (PDF format only) a boldface font is reserved for product components
names and in this chapter also for newly dened terms and abbreviations. Note also that terms
and abbreviations dened in this chapter are emphasized later in this documentation (PDF
format only).
ESETS
ESET Security is a common acronym for all security products developed by ESET, spol. s r.o. for
Linux OS, BSD OS and Solaris. It is also the name (or its part) of the software package containing
the products.
RSR
Abbreviation of ‘RedHat/Novell(SuSE) Ready’. Note that we support also so called RedHat
Ready and Novell(SuSE) Ready variation of the product. The dierence from the “standard”
Linux version is that the RSR package meets criteria defined by FHS (File-system Hierarchy
Standard defined as a part of Linux Standard Base) document required by the RedHat Ready and
Novell(SuSE) Ready certificate. This means for instance that the RSR package is installed as an
add-on application, i.e. the primary installation directory is ‘/opt/eset/esets’.
ESETS daemon
Main ESETS system control and scanning daemon esets_daemon.
ESETS base directory
The directory where ESETS loadable modules containing for instance virus signatures database
are stored. Further in this documentation we use abbreviation @BASEDIR@ for the directory. The
directory location is as follows:
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
A directory where all files related with the ESET File Security configuration are stored. Further
in this documentation we use abbreviation @ETCDIR@ for the directory. The directory location
is as follows:
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 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. Further in this