On 12/04/2013 02:44 PM, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 12:13:05PM +0200, ellanios82 wrote: >> Hello List >> >> - further, rkhunter mails to root : >> >> " Please inspect this machine, because it may be infected." >> >> ............................... >> >> rkhunter produces these warnings : >> ____________________ >> >> "Warning: Package manager verification has failed: >> File: /etc/rkhunter.conf >> The file hash value has changed >> The file size has changed >> The file modification time has changed" >> >> ............. >> >> - are there legitimate reasons why above changes have taken place >> . . . could this be a false alarm ? > If you edited this specific configuration file, it is not a problem. ______________
Thank you Marcus : perhaps it is a problem : because 'midnight commander' shows date November 27 , as file-date [presumably when last altered ? ............ the full output i am getting is : " Warning: Package manager verification has failed: File: /etc/rkhunter.conf The file hash value has changed The file size has changed The file modification time has changed Warning: The SSH configuration option 'Protocol' has not been set. The default value may be '2,1', to allow the use of protocol version 1. Warning: Suspicious file types found in /dev: /dev/shm/com.google.Chrome.shmem.A2128B79EDC81A503E4CD6DE6DBE0741C3663744._service_shmem: data Warning: Hidden file found: /dev/.udev: symbolic link to `/run/udev' " ................... thank you ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users