Re: Wheezy rkhunter hidden process found
On Sun 04 Aug 2013 at 09:25:18 -0700, David Guntner wrote:
> And the saga continues! :-)
>
> In this morning's reports, I found the following notation from rkhunter:
>
> > Warning: Hidden processes found:
> > HIDDEN Processes Found: 1 sysinfo.procs = 519 ps_count = 521
>
> Is this anything I need to be worried about? And how do I go about
> finding the "hidden" process? Is this a false positive that I should be
> sticking something into the rkhunter.conf file to get it to ignore?
Nobody should lose a moment's sleep over anything rkhunter reports. It
appears to be designed to produce false positives and alarm its users.
Best thing is to ignore anything it says. Purging it from the system
brings total peace of mind.
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