Re: rkhunter --propupd option-SOLVED

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/04/09 08:07, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Sun January 4 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> > I run rkhunter, and I am getting this message in an email:

If you're behind a firewall, I don't think that a rk detector is 
necessary,

> > Warning: The O/S name or version has changed since the last run:
> >          Old O/S value: Debian lenny/sid    New value: Debian 5.0
> >          Because of the change(s) the file properties checks may give some
> > false-positive results.
> >          You may need to re-run rkhunter with the '--propupd' option.
> >
> > yet, when I try that, it says invalid option:
> > rkhunter --propupd

Was that from root or unpriv user?

$ which rkhunter

> > Fatal: Invalid option --propupd
> > paulandcilla:/etc# man rkhunter
> > paulandcilla:/etc# rkhunter -c --propupd
> > Fatal: Invalid option --propupd
>
> hmm, 
> #/usr/bin/rkhunter worked:)

# which rkhunter

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