Linux Background Scan File Types

A background scan on Linux endpoints scans only those file-systems that are mounted on the root directory “/” with the following exclusions.

File Systems

The following file system types are excluded:

XenFS	NFS	SMB
CIFS	GFS2	CEPH
FUSE

Directories

The following directories are excluded:

/opt/carbonblack

/proc

/var/opt/carbonblack

/sys

Other

• Background Scan does not scan symlinks (files and directories)
• Background Scan only scans regular files