On Fri, 2007-02-09 at 17:28 -0500, Phil Schaffner wrote: > > Duhhh, OK. A bit dense today I guess: > > # rkhunter -c > > > Rootkit Hunter 1.2.9 is running > > Determining OS... cat: /var/rkhunter/db: Is a directory > I'm going to jump in here a bit.
Next release RKH won't even start if there is a configuration file problem, if you specify a directory instead of a file, etc. So the above is already 'fixed in next release'. > > # > > # All lines beginning with a dash (#) or empty lines, will be ignored. > This is from a pre-1.2.9 configuration file. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# grep DBDIR rkhunter.conf~ > #DBDIR=/var/rkhunter/db > DBDIR=/var/rkhunter/db > [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc]# grep TMPDIR rkhunter.conf~ > #TMPDIR=/var/rkhunter/tmp > TMPDIR=/var/rkhunter/tmp > > The problems seem to have come from the redundant definitions of > TMPDIR=/var/rkhunter/tmp and DBDIR=/var/rkhunter/db I introduced when > customizing it to function like my previous version. Seems like the > duplicate definitions should be harmless, but apparently they are not. > Sorry for the confusion, but perhaps there is a bug in there somewhere. > What does 'grep DBDIR rkhunter.conf' show? If you really do have duplicate definitions in there, then yes that is a bug. Again though, 'fixed in next release'. John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 233914 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 233839 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users
