We have already discussed about the installation of Rkhunter on Linux machine, Refer this Steps to install Rkhunter.
Here I am explaining some common uses/switches of Rkhunter with examples.
Switches with example:
1, -c, –check
Check the local system.
–config-check
Check the configuration file(s), then exit.
2, –cronjob
Run as a cron job (implies -c, --sk and --nocolors options)
3, Log entries:
3.1 -l, –logfile [file]
Write to a logfile (Default is /var/log/rkhunter.log)
3.2 –append-log
Append to the logfile, do not overwrite.
3.3 –noappend-log
Do not append to the logfile, overwrite it.
3.4 –nolog
Do not write to a logfile.
4, –debug
Debug mode (Do not use unless asked to do so).
5, –disable [,…]
Disable specific tests (Default is to disable no tests).
6, –enable [,…]
Enable specific tests (Default is to enable all tests).
7, –nocolors
Use black and white output.
8, –nomow, –no-mail-on-warning
Do not send a message if warnings occur.
9, –ns, –nosummary
Do not show the summary of check results.
10, –summary
Show the summary of system check results (This is the default).
11, –update
Check for updates to database files.
12, -V, –version
Display the version number, then exit.
13, -q, –quiet
Quiet mode (no output at all).
14, -h, –help
Display this help menu, then exit.
That’s it !!
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Steps to install Rkhunter
