Rules for editing configuration files of Kaspersky Endpoint Security
20 January 2022
ID 161266
When editing a configuration file, adhere to the following rules:
- You must specify all mandatory settings in the configuration file. You can specify individual task settings without a file by using the command line.
- If a parameter belongs to a certain section, place it only in that section. Within the confines of one section, you can place the settings in any order.
- Enclose the names of sections in square brackets [ ].
- Enter the values of parameters in the format parameter name=value (spaces between the parameter name and its value are not processed).
Example:
[ScanScope.item_0000]
AreaDesc=Home
AreaMask.item_0000=*doc
Path=/home
Space and tab characters are ignored before the first quotation mark and after the last quotation mark of a string value, and at the beginning and end of a string value that is not enclosed in quotation marks.
- If you need to specify several values for a parameter, repeat the parameter the same number of times as the number of values that you want to specify.
Example:
AreaMask.item_0000=*xml
AreaMask.item_0001=*doc
- Be case-sensitive when entering values for the following types of parameters:
- Names (masks) of scanned objects and excluded objects.
- Names (masks) of threats.
The remaining parameter values are not case-sensitive.
- Specify Boolean parameter values as follows:
Yes – No
. - Use quotation marks to enclose string values containing a space character (for example, names of files and directories and their paths, expressions containing the date and time in the format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS").
You can enter the remaining values with or without quotation marks.
Example:
AreaDesc="Scan mail databases"
A single quotation mark in the beginning or end of a string is considered an error.