Dr.Web Ctl

You can manage operation of Dr.Web for UNIX File Servers from the command line with the help of a special command-line tool — Dr.Web Ctl (drweb-ctl).

You can do the following actions from the command line:

Start scanning file system objects including boot records and files of running processes

Start updating virus databases

View and change parameters of Dr.Web for UNIX File Servers configuration

View status of Dr.Web for UNIX File Servers components and statistics on detected threats

View quarantine and manage quarantined objects (via Dr.Web File Checker component)

Connect to the central protection server or disconnect from it

User commands for Anti-virus management can have an effect only if Dr.Web ConfigD configuration daemon is running (by default, it is automatically run on system startup).

Note that some control commands require superuser privileges.

To elevate privileges, use the su command (change the current user) or the sudo command (execute the specified command with other user privileges).

The Dr.Web Ctl tool supports auto-completion of commands for managing Anti-virus operation if this option is enabled in the used command shell. If the command shell does not allow auto-completion, you can configure this option. For that purpose, refer to the instruction manual for the used OS distribution.

 

Details:

Command-Line Call Format

Usage Examples