Hi Karsten, (Not the maintainer here)
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:19:56AM +0200, Karsten wrote: > Package: rkhunter > Version: 1.4.2-6+deb9u1 > Severity: important > > Hello, > > i can run rkhunter but any update of it fails. > > > rkhunter --update > Invalid WEB_CMD configuration option: Relative pathname: "/bin/false" > > > When i look in the config i really find this senseless pathname: > > > # This allows the user to use a command other than the one automatically > # selected by rkhunter, but still one which it already knows about. > # For example: > # > # WEB_CMD=curl > WEB_CMD="/bin/false" > > > When i comment out the above line then the update starts but fails again: > > > rkhunter --update > [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.2 ] > > Checking rkhunter data files... > Checking file mirrors.dat [ Skipped ] > Checking file programs_bad.dat [ Update failed ] > Checking file backdoorports.dat [ Update failed ] > Checking file suspscan.dat [ Update failed ] > Checking file i18n versions [ Update failed ] > > > In the log i can find: > > > [10:10:34] Checking file mirrors.dat [ Skipped ] > [10:10:34] Info: The mirrors file has no required mirrors in it: > /var/lib/rkhunter/db/mirrors.dat > [10:10:34] Warning: Download of 'programs_bad.dat' failed: Unable to > determine the latest version number. > [10:10:34] Checking file programs_bad.dat [ Update failed ] > [10:10:34] Info: The mirrors file has no required mirrors in it: > /var/lib/rkhunter/db/mirrors.dat > [10:10:34] Warning: Download of 'backdoorports.dat' failed: Unable to > determine the latest version number. > [10:10:34] Checking file backdoorports.dat [ Update failed ] > [10:10:34] Info: The mirrors file has no required mirrors in it: > /var/lib/rkhunter/db/mirrors.dat > [10:10:34] Warning: Download of 'suspscan.dat' failed: Unable to determine > the latest version number. > [10:10:34] Checking file suspscan.dat [ Update failed ] > [10:10:34] Info: The mirrors file has no required mirrors in it: > /var/lib/rkhunter/db/mirrors.dat > [10:10:34] Checking file i18n versions [ Update failed ] > [10:10:34] Warning: Download of 'i18n.ver' failed: Unable to determine the > latest version number. > > > What is going wrong here? This was an intentional change in the last point release which included an update for rkhunter as well. It is due #765895 and #866677. https://tracker.debian.org/news/856557 Regards, Salvatore
