On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:17:29 +0200 Julien Valroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Daniel, > > Le mercredi 02 juillet 2008 à 12:52 -0400, Daniel Dickinson a écrit : > > Package: rkhunter > > Version: 1.3.2-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > It is impossible to store the database on write-protected media > > unless you use unionfs of aufs because rkhunter wants read-write > > access to the database directory even for a check only (no > > update). I am using an SD card set to write protected most of the > > time and on read-write for updates. I've had to use aufs to be > > able get rkhunter to do checks, which shouldn't be necessary. > > Thanks for reporting this issue. > > Would you please try and find which check needs write access to the DB > dir (hashes, attributes...)? > You can run 'rkhunter --enable [test name]' to enable one test only. > 'rkhunter --list tests' will give you the list of all available tests. It doesn't appear to be test specific as sudo rkhunter --list tests gives: Database directory is not writable: /var/lib/rkhunter/db -- And that's my crabbing done for the day. Got it out of the way early, now I have the rest of the afternoon to sniff fragrant tea-roses or strangle cute bunnies or something. -- Michael Devore GnuPG Key Fingerprint 86 F5 81 A5 D4 2E 1F 1C http://gnupg.org No more sea shells: Daniel's Weblog http://cshore.wordpress.com
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