Settings not applicable on Mac, Linux or UNIX

While all types of scan and cleanup on Windows computers can be fully managed from Sophos Enterprise Console, there are a number of settings that do not take effect on Mac, Linux or UNIX computers.

Mac OS X

For information about anti-virus and HIPS policy settings that apply to Macs, see Sophos knowledgebase article 118859.

Linux

The following automatic cleanup options do not apply to Linux computers and will be ignored by them.

Automatic cleanup options for on-access scanning:

  • Deny access and move to default location
  • Deny access and move to

Automatic cleanup options for scheduled scanning:

  • Move to default location
  • Move to

For more information about automatic cleanup settings, see Set up automatic cleanup for scheduled scanning and Automatic cleanup settings for scheduled scanning.

For more information about anti-virus and HIPS policy settings that apply to Linux computers, see Sophos knowledgebase article 117344.

UNIX

Sophos Enterprise Console cannot perform on-access scans on UNIX computers.

You can configure scheduled scans, alerting, logging, and updating centrally from Sophos Enterprise Console.

Note These features also include some parameters that cannot be set using Sophos Enterprise Console You can set these parameters from the Sophos Anti-Virus command-line interface on each UNIX computer locally. Sophos Enterprise Console ignores them.

You can also configure on-demand scans from the Sophos Anti-Virus command-line interface on each UNIX computer locally.

For more information about setting additional parameters or configuring Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX locally, see the Sophos Anti-Virus for UNIX configuration guide.

The following automatic cleanup options for scheduled scanning do not apply to UNIX computers and will be ignored by them.

  • Move to default location
  • Move to

For more information about automatic cleanup options for scheduled scanning, see Automatic cleanup settings for scheduled scanning.

For more information about anti-virus and HIPS policy settings that apply to UNIX computers, see Sophos knowledgebase article 117344.