Thanks for the quick reply Mark. I'll check in with my package
maintainer. I'm on Gentoo BTW.
Cheers,
Patrick.
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Mark Stosberg <m...@rideamigos.com> wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> Check with your package vendor. At least on Ubuntu 18.04, this option
> continues to exist. Nothing in the Rkhunter changelog suggests it's been
> removed:
>
> $ rkhunter -V
> Rootkit Hunter 1.4.6
>
> This software was developed by the Rootkit Hunter project team.
> Please review your rkhunter configuration files before using.
> Please review the documentation before posting bug reports or questions.
> To report bugs, provide patches or comments, please go to:
> http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net
>
> To ask questions about rkhunter, please use the rkhunter-users mailing
> list.
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>
> Rootkit Hunter comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under the
> terms of the GNU General Public License. See the LICENSE file for details.
>
> $ sudo rkhunter --update
> [ Rootkit Hunter version 1.4.6 ]
>
> Checking rkhunter data files...
> Checking file mirrors.dat [ No update ]
> Checking file programs_bad.dat [ No update ]
> Checking file backdoorports.dat [ No update ]
> Checking file suspscan.dat [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/cn [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/de [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/en [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/tr [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/tr.utf8 [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/zh [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/zh.utf8 [ No update ]
> Checking file i18n/ja [ No update ]
>
>
> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 9:29 AM Patrick Kirchner <kirchnerp...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm using "Rootkit Hunter 1.4.6" and have noticed my cronjobs no longer
>> accept the "--update" switch. I also tried just running "rkhunter
>> --update" in a terminal as root but it also complains that "--update" is an
>> invalid option.
>>
>> rkhunter -V
>> Rootkit Hunter 1.4.6
>>
>> rkhunter --update
>> Invalid option specified: --update
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks.
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