Rootkit configuration allows for several types of checking: "f", "r", "p", 
"d" , which mean FILE, REGISTRY, PROCESS, DIRECTORY.

Pasting your modified rootcheck file may help solving the issue you 
encountered. 


On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:22:51 AM UTC-7, Janelle wrote:
>
> Hello --
>
> I'm new to the group and using OSSEC.  I recently came across this error:
>
> ossec-rootcheck(1252): ERROR: Invalid rk configuration value: 'f'.
>
> and it has me confused. Although I think I found the problem, but not sure 
> why. It seems that if the files read by rootkit end with txt on a line, it 
> generates this error, but if I add a blank line to all the files listed for 
> rootkit, the error goes away. I am baffled by this. Of course if I run it 
> with no changes - right after an install, it works fine, but if I start 
> adding my own rootkit or audit checks in the middle of the files, or add a 
> new file to load/use, then I start getting this error.
>
> Also, there is not a single file that ends in "f" on the line - all the 
> files had ended with #EOF - as was the default in the base configuration.
>
> Any help or suggestions? Is there a way to debug rootkit/audit rules?
>
> Thank you,
> ~J
>

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