## New system user and group
Keywords: clamdoc

If you are installing ClamAV for the first time, you have to add a new user and group to your system: 3

    	# groupadd clamav
    	# useradd -g clamav -s /bin/false -c "Clam AntiVirus" clamav

The above method works on Linux and Solaris - in case you don't have groupadd, useradd please consult the system manual. If you are installing ClamAV on a user account you may omit this step with the `--disable-clamav` option passed to the `configure` script:

    	$ ./configure --disable-clamav

It disables testing for existence of the clamav user and group. clamscan still requires the unprivileged user and group to work in the superuser mode. The password for that account should be locked in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow.