Bug 228220 - /usr/bin/chkrootkit only runnable from console
Summary: /usr/bin/chkrootkit only runnable from console
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 228217
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: chkrootkit
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Schwendt
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-02-11 21:15 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-02-11 21:21:03 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2007-02-11 21:15:56 UTC
Description of problem:

Why is /usr/bin/chkrootkit linked to /usr/bin/consolehelper?

The result is that you can't run 'chkrootkit' unless you are on the console.
Furthermore, even if you are on the console, 'chkrootkit' won't run within a
'screen' (/usr/bin/screen)

chkrootkit is exactly one of those types of programs that one would like to run
remotely to check whether a server has been hacked.

Even worse, when you run chkrootkit remotely, it just exits quietly giving the
unknowing user no indication of what is going on. Now I know that you can
alternatively just run /usr/lib/chkrootkit-0.47/chkrootkit, but the unsuspecting
user wouldn't know that and would not understand why /usr/bin/chkrootkit is not
working when not on a console.

At a minimum, if not run from the console, it should return a message
instructing the user to either run it from the console or to run
/usr/lib/chkrootkit-0.47/chkrootkit directly.

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2007-02-11 21:21:03 UTC
Sorry... must have hit the 'save changes' button twice causing bug to be
duplicated...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 228217 ***


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