#104 Devices with file names cause problems

[Wes Hardaker]

I've been struggling to ok a /dev filename that I can't seem to match against because the filename contains spaces. The full filename is:

/dev/shm/libv4l-mythtv:PCI:0000:08:01.0:Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150

And I've tried various combinations of ALLDEVFILE, no of which work.

ALLOWDEVFILE="/dev/shm/libv4l-mythtv:PCI:0000:08:01.0:Hauppauge WinTV PVR-150"
ALLOWDEVFILE=/dev/shm/libv4l-mythtv:PCI:0000:08:01.0:Hauppauge*

All of which I get mail for saying:

Invalid ALLOWDEVFILE configuration option: Invalid pathname: WinTV
Invalid ALLOWDEVFILE configuration option: Invalid pathname: PVR-150

which certainly indicates it's not handling the space properly and taking the next two arguments as new options.

[John Horne]

What version of rkhunter are you running?

[Wes Hardaker]

rkhunter-1.4.0-6.fc19.noarch

(from the fedora 19 distribution)

[John Horne]

For old versions of RKH replace the spaces with a '%' sign:

ALLOWDEVFILE="/dev/shm/libv4l-mythtv:PCI:0000:08:01.0:Hauppauge%WinTV%PVR-150"

or use a wildcard:

ALLOWDEVFILE="/dev/shm/libv4l-mythtv:PCI:0000:08:01.0:Hauppauge*"

[Wes Hardaker]

Thanks, this did solve my problems!