3.1 Tasks for Changing Scanner Configuration

The initialization file contains file sections corresponding to these sections of this chapter, as appropriate to the scanning modules configured:

• Section 3.3.1, The Process Section

• Section 3.3.2, The File Section

• Section 3.3.3, The Device Section

• Section 3.3.4, The EventLog Section

• Section 3.3.5, The NCL_Entity Section (on DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Systems)

• Section 3.3.6, The File_Count Section (on DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Systems)

• Section 3.3.7, The NTService Section (on Windows NT Systems)

• Section 3.3.8, The Performance Section (on Windows NT Systems)

• Section 3.3.9, The Logical Section (on OpenVMS Systems)

• Section 3.3.10, The Image Section (on OpenVMS Systems)

• Section 3.3.11, The Env Section (on Digital UNIX Systems)

• Section 3.3.12, The Service Section (on DIGITAL UNIX Systems)

The default values in the initialization files are designed to collect useful information without problems in a normal configuration, with no manual intervention after you install a scanning module. The installation procedure for scanning modules also updates the server's configuration file with any necessary new [Entity] section or sections. If you want to change the default values, or add scanning modules other than the ones supplied with the Mail Monitor kit, see the section of Section 3.4 that applies to the operating system that your server uses.

After giving instructions for defining commands for the Control Module, the rest of this chapter describes:

• Generic configuration in Section 3.3 (configuration tasks for checks that all scanning modules can make)

• Module-specific configuration in Section 3.4 (configuration tasks for checks that apply only to specific modules)