Re: rkhunter warning wget

[Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br>]

On Qui, 15 Out 2009,  wrote:
> hello
>
> after updateing wget on
>
> Linux version 2.6.26-2-686 (Debian 2.6.26-19) Lenny
>
> i received a waring from rkhunter:
>
> Warning: The file properties have changed:
>          File: /usr/bin/wget
>          Current hash: 2d5d175c449eecfda43401a7a66b8a369859524d
>          Stored hash : 1725543768f7e1b2a32136ca1799213a8bdb886b
>          Current inode: 137892    Stored inode: 140983
>          Current size: 226292    Stored size: 226260
>          Current file modification time: 1255005510
>          Stored file modification time : 1220829421
>
> could this be serious?

Depends. Did you upgrade wget? In this case it's normal (even  
expected) that the file changes.

There was a security update for wget recently.


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Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
eduardo@kalinowski.com.br