User Guide

Using the application 29
This will print to the screen a list of all Kaspersky Lab applications
including the keepup2date component, with their Application IDs.
4.1.1. Automatic updating of the anti-virus
databases
You can schedule regular automatic updates for the anti-virus databases using
the cron utility.
Task
: Configure the application to update automatically your anti-virus
databases every hour. An update server should be selected from the
updcfg.xml file by default. Only errors occurring in the component
operation should be recorded in the system log. Keep a general log of
all task starts. Output no information to the console.
Solution: to perform the above task, do the following:
1. In the application configuration file, specify the following values for
the parameters below:
[updater.options]
KeepSilent=true
[updater.report]
Append=true
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 (or any other
privileged user), add the following line:
In Linux:
0 * * * * /opt/kav/5.5/smtpgw/bin/keepup2date
In FreeBSD:
0 * * * *
/usr/local/share/kav/5.5/smtpgw/bin/keepup2date
4.1.2. Manual updating of the anti-virus
databases
You can start updating your anti-virus databases from the command line at any
time.