User Guide

28 Kaspersky

SMTP-Gateway 5.0

5.1.1. Automatic anti-virus database

updating

You can schedule the application to automatically update the anti-virus database

using the cron program.

Task

: Configure the application to automatically update your anti-virus

database every day at 07.00 a.m. An update server should be selected

from the updcfg.xml file. Only errors encountered in the component

operation should be recorded in the system log. Keep a general log of

all task executions. Output no information to the console.

Solution

: To accomplish the above tasks, do the following:

1. In the configuration file, specify the appropriate values for the

following parameters, for example:

[updater.options]

KeepSilent=yes

[updater.report]

Append=yes

ReportLevel=1

2. Edit the file that sets the rules for the cron process (crontab –e) by

entering the following string for the root user:

For Linux:

0 7 * * * /opt/kav/5.0/smtpgw/bin/keepup2date

For FreeBSD and OpenBSD:

0 7 * * *

/usr/local/share/kav/5.0/smtpgw/bin/keepup2date

5.1.2. Manual updating of the anti-virus

database

You can start updating your anti-virus database from the command line at any

time.