Bug#406493: chkrootkit: false positive dot files

2008-03-18 Thread Mohammed Sameer
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 06:29:10PM -0700, Matt Taggart wrote: > I have written a patch that allows chkrootkit to exclude false positives > from the list of reported dot files, and added a warning to the README of > when you would want to use this feature and why it is sometimes needed to > resul

Bug#406493: chkrootkit: false positive dot files

2008-03-18 Thread Matt Taggart
> I guess the best option is to exclude them only if their are zero sized One false positive on my system is non-zero, /usr/lib/epiphany/2.14/extensions/.pyversion (it contains a version string) I'm sure there are others. But five other false positives on my system are zero. So how about both

Bug#406493: chkrootkit: false positive dot files

2008-03-16 Thread Matt Taggart
In #406493, the original submitter is concerned about a false positive dot file being reported (/lib/init/rw/.ramfs). The discussion that followed focused on solving these false positives on a case by case basis. I'd also like to note that upstream says the following in FAQ #8 ( http://www.chkro