User Guide

30 Kaspersky
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SMTP-Gateway 5.5 for Linux/Unix
Task
: start updating of the anti-virus databases, save updating results in
the /tmp/updatesreport.log file.
Solution
: to accomplish the task, log in as the root (or any other
privileged user) and enter in the command line:
# keepup2date –l /tmp/updatesreport.log
If you need to update the anti-virus databases on several servers, it may be more
convenient to download the updates from an update server once, save them to a
shared directory, and then update the databases on other computers from that
directory. Please see section 4.1.3 on p. 30 for details related to creation of a
shared directory for updates.
Task
: start the updating of the anti-virus databases from the
/home/kavuser/bases
shared directory. If the directory is inaccessible
or empty, update the databases from Kaspersky Lab’s update servers.
Save the results to the /tmp/updatesreport.log file.
Solution
: to accomplish the task, log in as the root (or any other
privileged user) and do the following:
1. Mount the network directory containing the database updates to the
/home/kavuser/bases local directory.
2. In the application configuration file, specify the following values for
the parameters below:
[updater.options]
UpdateServerUrl=/home/kavuser/bases
UseUpdateServerUrl=true
UseUpdateServerUrlOnly=false
3. Enter the following in the command line:
# keepup2date –l /tmp/updatesreport.log
You can accomplish these or similar tasks remotely using the Webmin
remote administration module.
4.1.3. Creating a shared directory for
storing and sharing database
updates
To update the anti-virus databases correctly on local computers from the shared
directory, you need to reproduce in that directory a file structure that is similar to