Unisar 1.24.1867 manual Configuration file, System versus User configuration

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Chapter 7. The configuration file

The system-wide configuration of BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices is stored inside a file located at /etc/BitDefender-scanner/bdscan.conf on Linux systems and at /usr/local/etc/bitdefender/bdscan.conf on FreeBSD systems. There is another configuration file, located inside the user's home directory, at ~/.BitDefender/bdscan.conf, which is loaded after the system configuration. Therefore, the user can specify settings to override partially or even totally the system settings.

System versus User configuration

In this book we will talk about changing the system-wide configuration file, but remember that you can modify the user's own configuration, with the same effect from his point of view.

The files are standard UNIX-style configuration files, based on pairs key=value, each pair on a single line.

A typical file on a Linux machine could be the following.

#An unpriviledged user can copy this file to the home directory, in

#~/.BitDefender/bdscan.conf and change the settings to suit their

#need. Any setting found in the home directory will overwrite the

#global one.

#

#Check the bdscan.conf(5) man page for more details.

#Where the product is installed

InstallPath = /opt/BitDefender-scanner

#In which directory should files be copied/moved if the action is

#"quarantine"

QuarantinePath = /opt/BitDefender-scanner/var/quarantine

#This file will be used by default for logging if the "--log"

#argument is used

LogName = /opt/BitDefender/var/log/bdscan.log

# By default bdscan scans all the files, but giving the "--ext"

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