On Wed, 2014-06-11 at 02:10 +0200, Jens Schüßler wrote:
> * Michael Lopez <mike123...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > To whom it may concern: 
> > 
> > I have a question about warnings. 
> > 
> > I opened up my rkhunter.log file and this is what I discovered for certain 
> > files: 
> > 
> > 11:50:53] Performing file properties checks
> > [11:50:53]   Checking for prerequisites                      [ OK ]
> > [11:50:55]   /usr/local/bin/rkhunter                         [ OK ]
> > [11:50:57]   /bin/awk                                        [ Warning ]
> > [11:50:57] Warning: No hash value found for file '/bin/awk' in the 
> > 'rkhunter.dat' file.
> > [11:50:57]   /bin/basename                                   [ Warning ]
> > [11:50:57] Warning: No hash value found for file '/bin/basename' in the 
> > 'rkhunter.dat' file.
> > [11:50:58]   /bin/bash                                       [ Warning ]
> > ....etc
> > 
> > What does it mean when a hash vaule is not found for certain files in the 
> > rkhunter.dat file? 
> > 
> > How would I repair this? 
> > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. 
> 
> If you install updates to your system prior to rkhunter getting them.. it
> will report them incorrectly, cause it still has the hashes of the older
> package in rkhunter.dat
> You need to re-create the hashes. This will remove a lot of the false
> positives.
> 
> Read the part USING PACKAGE MANAGERS in README
> /usr/share/doc/rkhunter/README.gz
> 
Overall I would agree, but in this instance it says there is 'no hash
value' not a changed (old) value. It implies that no hash value was
previously stored for some reason. I assume that '--propupd' was used
previously?




John.

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John Horne                   Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287
Plymouth University, UK


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