This section describes general settings of Kaspersky Endpoint Security.
After modifying the general settings of Kaspersky Endpoint Security, restart the application.
General settings of the configuration file have the following values:
SambaConfigPath
Directory that stores the Samba configuration file. The Samba configuration file is needed to ensure that the AllShared
or Shared:SMB
values are applied for the Path
option.
The standard directory of the SAMBA configuration file on the computer is specified by default.
Default value: /etc/samba/smb.conf
NfsExportPath
Directory storing the NFS configuration file. The NFS configuration file is needed to ensure that the AllShared
or Shared:NFS
values are applied for the Path
option.
The standard directory of the NFS configuration file on the computer is specified by default.
Default value: /etc/exports
TraceFolder
Directory in which Kaspersky Endpoint Security stores trace log files.
If you specify a different directory, make sure that the account under which Kaspersky Endpoint Security is running has read/write permissions for this directory.
Default value: /var/log/kaspersky/kesl
TraceLevel
Trace log level of detail.
Available values:
Detailed
—Most detailed trace log.
NotDetailed
—The trace log contains error notifications.
None
—Does not create a trace log.
Default value: None
.
BlockFilesGreaterMaxFileNamePath
Blocks access to files for which the full path length exceeds the defined parameter value specified in bytes.
If the complete path to the file being scanned exceeds the value of this setting, on-demand scan tasks skip this file during scanning.
Available values: 4096 – 33554432
.
Default value: 16384
.
DetectOtherObjects
Enables / disables the detection of legitimate software that could be used by hackers to harm computers or data of users.
Available values:
Yes
—Enable the detection of legitimate software that could be used by hackers to harm computers or data of users.
No
—Disable the detection of legitimate software that could be used by hackers to harm computers or data of users.
Default value: No
.
UseKSN
Enables / disables participation in Kaspersky Security Network.
Available values:
No
—Disable participation in Kaspersky Security Network.
Basic
—Enable participation in Kaspersky Security Network without sending statistics.
Extended
—Enable participation in Kaspersky Security Network with sending statistics.
Default value: No
.
UseProxy
Enables / disables use of a proxy for Kaspersky Security Network, activation of the application, and updates.
Available values:
Yes
—Enable use of a proxy.
No
—Disable use of a proxy.
Default value: No
.
ProxyServer
Proxy server settings in the format [user[:password]@]host[:port]
.
MaxEventsNumber
Maximum number of events that will be stored by Kaspersky Endpoint Security. When the specified number of events is exceeded, Kaspersky Endpoint Security deletes the oldest events.
Default value: 500000
.
LimitNumberOfScanFileTasks
Maximum number of Scan_File
tasks that a non-privileged user can simultaneously start on a computer. This parameter does not limit the number of tasks that a user with root privileges can start. If the value 0
is defined, a non-privileged user cannot start Scan_File
tasks.
Available values: 0 – 4294967295
.
Default value: 0
.
If the USE_GUI
setting was set to yes
during the application installation, the default value for the LimitNumberOfScanFileTasks
is 5
.
UseSysLog
Enables / disables the logging of information about events to syslog. In certain cases, the application cannot generate and save an event. Then information is saved to syslog.
Yes
—Enable the logging of information about events to syslog.
No
—Disable the logging of information about events to syslog.
Default value: No
.
UIReportsForRootOnly
Enables / disables viewing reports for users from graphical user interface.
Yes
—Allow only root user to view reports in GUI.
No
—Allow unprivileged users to view reports in GUI. Also, unprivileged users will be able to create and start up to 5 custom scan tasks.
Default value: No
.
EventsStoragePath
Database file in which Kaspersky Endpoint Security saves information about events.
Default value: /var/opt/kaspersky/kesl/events.db