Chkrootkit v.43 problem on Mandrake 9.2
From: no one (none_at_none.org)
Date: 02/29/04
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Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:56:04 +0000
Installing a new version (RPM) of chkrootkit .v43 on
my Mandrake 9.2 system, I got the following error messages:
Checking `wted'... unable to open wtmp-file wtmpx
Checking `scalper'... not infected
Checking `slapper'... not infected
Checking `z2'... unable to open wtmp-file wtmpx
My old version of chkrootkit - version .41 - was a specifically
a Mandrake RPM. The latest RPM version I used was not.
Doing some research on the net, I discovered that wtmpx
is an extension of the wtmp file - which logs user login
activity.
AFAIK, Mandrake doesn't use a wtmpx file, only a wtmp file...
and in fact, I found the latter, but not the former in my
/var/log directory.
I made a soft link ln -s ./wtmp ./wtmpx in my /var/log
directory.
Does this seem sensible? I am no longer getting any
errors. Can anyone confirm that the likely problem was
only that I used an RPM that wasn't specifically designed
for Mandrake, and therefore looked for a wtmpx file which
wasn't there?
The RPM I donwloaded was here:
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/6/idpl/919511
Many thanks in advance.
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