On Tue, 2014-12-30 at 17:08 +0000, G.W. Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > This message appears when I run rkhunter on one of my mail servers: > > "Warning: Root account SHELLNAME shell history file is a symbolic link: > FILENAME" > > On this particular machine I do indeed have a symlink pointing to a > (bash) history file, but it is not called 'FILENAME' and the account > is not 'SHELLNAME': > > mail4:~# >>> ls -la .bash_history lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Feb 6 2014 > .bash_history -> /etc/histories/root/.bash_history > mail4:~# >>> > > It looks like a bug to me. I did the obvious searches but turned up nothing. > Hello,
I can't reproduce this. The message I get is: Warning: Root account bash shell history file is a symbolic link: /root/.bash_history Can you run the following for me and email me directly the contents of the debug file created in /tmp please: rkhunter --enable group_accounts --debug Thanks, John. -- ---------------------------------------------------- John Horne Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 Plymouth University, UK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Rkhunter-users mailing list Rkhunter-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkhunter-users
