Hello, I did a complete uninstall of rkhunter, removed it completely from my server, downloaded the tar.gz file again from the website, and re-installed it. When I ran the update I got the same error I have been getting with backdoorports.dat ([ Update failed ]) and this in the /var/log/rkhunter.log:
[14:25:51] Info: Executing download command '/usr/bin/wget -q -O "/var/lib/rkhunter/tmp/rkhunter.upd.cssTY17212" http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net/1.3/backdoorports.dat 2>/dev/null' [14:34:11] Warning: Download of 'backdoorports.dat' failed: Unable to determine the latest version number. [14:34:11] Checking file backdoorports.dat [ Update failed ] So it does not appear to be anything wrong with my installation of rkhunter 1.4.2. Later on I had to do a reboot and force a file system check of the server for another issue so I tried the --propupd and --update again after that, but I'm still getting the same errors. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is this a serious problem (update failed on this one .dat file) or can I overlook it? Many thanks, Julie -----Original Message----- From: Davenport, Julie Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 9:01 AM To: 'John Horne'; rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Rkhunter-users] error on backdoorports.dat when using rkhunter --update Thank you for your suggestion. I tried removing backdoorports.dat and rerunning 'rkhunter --update', but I got the same error. I am going to try un-installing and re-installing rkhunter 1.4.2. Thanks, Julie -----Original Message----- From: John Horne [mailto:john.ho...@plymouth.ac.uk] Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 2:49 PM To: rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Rkhunter-users] error on backdoorports.dat when using rkhunter --update On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 13:57 +0000, Davenport, Julie wrote: > A few days ago, I did a yum update to upgrade the PHP version to > 5.4.27 on one of my RHEL 5 servers. After rebooting the server, I did > “rkhunter –propupd” as I do after every reboot, and it worked, and > then I tried to do “rkhunter –update” and it gave me the error seen > below (Checking file backdoorports.dat [ Update failed ]). Rkhunter > is version 1.4.2. I tried it again today and it still errors in the > same place: > Delete the backdoorports.dat file, and then run 'rkhunter --update' to allow it to download a new copy. looks like your current copy may be corrupted. John. -- ---------------------------------------------------- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start Your Social Network Today - Download eXo Platform Build your Enterprise Intranet with eXo Platform Software Java Based Open Source Intranet - Social, Extensible, Cloud Ready Get Started Now And Turn Your Intranet Into A Collaboration Platform http://p.sf.net/sfu/ExoPlatform _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users
