On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 23:03:46 +0000 John Horne <john.ho...@plymouth.ac.uk> wrote:

> > I installed telnet on the system, and got:
> > Warning: The file '/usr/bin/telnet' exists on the system, but it is not
> > present in the 'rkhunter.dat' file.
> >
> > Tried to run:
> > # rkhunter --propupd /usr/bin/telnet
> > Filename is not in the "rkhunter.dat" file: /usr/bin/telnet
> >
> > I had to run rkhunter --propupd. I propose to make
> > rkhunter --propupd /usr/bin/telnet
> > work, i.e. to be able to add file to the rkhunter.dat
> > even if it does not exist in the database.
> >
> You added something new to the system, so you must use just '--propupd'.
> Specifying a pathname aswell assumes that the entry already exists in the
> database, and can be used when just that particular file changes.

I understand it, but instead of just '--propupd', i.e. update all hashes, I'd 
like
to be able to add just the new file. I think it is a reasonable request, no?

Regards,
Nerijus

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