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Differences between configuration files of ESET Server Security versions 2 and 3

1. Section [global]: Main ESETS system control options.

  • Parameter 'tmp_dir' has been replaced by environment variable TMPDIR.<\li>
  • Parameter 'lic_dir' has been renamed to 'license_dir'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'esets_user' has been added.


2. Section [global]: ESETS Logging options.

  • Parameters 'log_level', 'log_mask', 'log_enabled', 'log_file', 'log_rewrite' have been removed.<\li>
  • Syntax of parameter's argument 'syslog_facility' has been changed.<\li>
  • Parameter 'syslog_enabled' has been replaced by 'syslog_facility' argument 'none'.<\li>
  • Parameters 'log_format_summ', 'log_format_part', 'syslog_class' have been added.


3. Section [global]: ESETS Handle Object Policy options.

  • Even though the default behaviour of ESETS Handle Object Policy stays the same the logic alone has been completely rewritten and the parameters have been changed, thus reading of an appropriate documentation is strongly recommended when tuning it.<\li>


4. Section [global]: ESETS anti-virus scanner common options.

  • Parameter 'scan_obj_files' has been renamed to 'av_scan_obj_files'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_obj_archives' has been renamed to 'av_scan_obj_archives'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'max_archive_level' has been renamed to 'av_scan_archive_max_level'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_max_size' has been renamed to 'av_scan_archive_max_size' and units of an appropriate parameter have been changed from B to MB.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_timeout' has been renamed to 'av_scan_archive_timeout'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_obj_emails' has been renamed to 'av_scan_obj_mime'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_obj_runtimepackers' has been renamed to 'av_scan_obj_rtp'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_obj_sfx' has been renamed to 'av_scan_obj_sfx'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_app_adware' has been renamed to 'av_scan_app_adware'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_app_unsafe' has been renamed to 'av_scan_app_unsafe'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_app_unwanted' has been renamed to 'av_scan_app_unwanted'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_pattern' has been renamed to 'av_scan_pattern'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_heur' has been renamed to 'av_scan_heur'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'scan_adv_heur' has been renamed to 'av_scan_adv_heur'.<\li>
  • Parameters 'scan_all_files', 'ext_add', 'ext_remove' have been replaced by 'av_scan_ext', 'av_scan_ext_exclude'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'log_all' has been replaced 'av_eml_footnote_log_all'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'write_to_subject' has been replaced by 'av_eml_subject_modification_mask', 'av_eml_subject_template'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'write_to_header' has been replaced by 'av_eml_header_modification_mask', 'av_eml_header_template'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'write_to_emails' has been replaced by 'av_eml_footnote_modification_mask', 'av_eml_footnote_template_clean', 'av_eml_footnote_template_infected', 'av_eml_footnote_template_notscanned'.


5. Section [global]: ESETS anti-virus ThreatSense.NET options.

  • Parameter 'samples_send_enabled' has been replaced by zero (0) setting of 'samples_send_period'.<\li>
  • Units of parameter 'samples_send_period' have been changed from seconds to minutes.<\li>
  • Parameter 'samples_provider_mail' has been renamed to 'user_mail'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'samples_provider_country' has been renamed to 'user_country'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'samples_send_target' has been added.<\li>


6. Section [global]: ESETS anti-spam scanner common options.

  • Parameter 'as_subject_spam_prefix' has been renamed to 'as_eml_subject_prefix'.


7. Section [update].<\li>

  • Section [update] has been removed from within the configuration file and whole its content has been moved to section [global].<\li>
  • Parameter 'server' has been renamed to 'av_update_server'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'username' has been renamed to 'av_update_username'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'password' has been renamed to 'av_update_password'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'add_mod' has been renamed to 'av_mirror_pcu'.<\li>
  • Parameters 'av_mirror_enabled', 'av_mirror_dir' have been added.<\li>


8. Section [global]: ESETS Remote Administrator Client options.

  • New parameters 'racl_server_addr', 'racl_server_port', 'racl_password', 'racl_interval', 'racl_logs_lifetime', 'racl_logs_optimize_percent' have been added.<\li>


9. Section [http]

  • Parameter 'accept_huge_object' has been renamed to 'huge_object_accept'.<\li>
  • Parameter 'huge_object_size', 'http_template_infected', 'http_template_notscanned' have been added.<\li>


10. Section [ftp]

  • Parameters 'huge_object_accept', 'huge_object_size' have been added.<\li>


11. Section [pac]

  • Arguments format of parameter 'event_mask' has been changed.<\li>


12. Section [dac]

  • Arguments format of parameter 'event_mask' has been changed.<\li>