Re: [Rkhunter-users] Fatal error: Problem while fetching file got this hack to work.

[Chuck A. S. A. <ch...@sm...>]

Hi Boyd Lynn Gerber

My shell scripting a bit rusty but I got it to work.
your hack snippet:

**************************** Start of Script
*******************************
#!/bin/sh

MY_VERSION="`grep -i ^suse /etc/SuSE-release`"
DBDIR="/share/store/rkhunter/rkhunter/files"


if [ -e /usr/local/etc/rkhunter.conf ]; then
  . /usr/local/etc/rkhunter.conf
else
  exit 1
fi

/usr/local/bin/rkhunter --update | /bin/mail -s 'rkhunter Daily update
script' admin

if [ `grep -c "${MY_VERSION}" ${DBDIR}/os.dat` == 0 ]; then
  echo "999:${MY_VERSION}:/usr/bin/md5sum:/bin:" >> ${DBDIR}/os.dat
fi


***************************** End of script *************************

Cheers

On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 12:54 -0600, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
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> > Hello Chuck,
> > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator wrote:
> > > I have create the /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter
> > Is this cronjob your own concoction or part of SuSE's rpm or a modified
> > Rootkit Hunter contrib?
> > > Fatal error: Problem while fetching file
> >
> > Doesn't indicate a path issue to me, more like an inaccessable mirror (at
> > least mirror11 doesn't respond right now).
> >
> >
> > * If you still think it's a path issue I could suggest checking it in
> > detail by adding a debug flag within the cronjob for 1 run (set -x),
> > prefix the rkhunter command with "sh -x" as well as adding 2>&1 error
> > output redirection, this all for one cronjob run (don't run manually).
> > Output will go to whichever account you configured with MAILTO=.
> >
> > If you are sure this isn't your own doing but a flaw in Rootkit Hunter and
> > you can't find the error and fix it yourself (we do accept patches, TIA)
> > then please *attach* the output and the cronjob.
> 
> Below is the job I use.  I get a similar error message when a site in the
> rotation is down, other wise everything works just fine.
> 
> - ---------------------------Cut-Here------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> MY_VERSION="`grep -i ^suse /etc/SuSE-release`"
> 
> if [ -e /etc/rkhunter.conf ]; then
>   . /etc/rkhunter.conf
> else
>   exit 1
> fi
> 
> /usr/bin/rkhunter --update | /bin/mail -s 'rkhunter Daily update' root
> 
> if [ `grep -c "${MY_VERSION}" ${DBDIR}/os.dat` -eq 0 ]; then
>   echo "999:${MY_VERSION}:/usr/bin/md5sum:/bin:" >> ${DBDIR}/os.dat
> fi
> - ---------------------------Cut-Here------------------------------------
> 
> 
> - --
> Boyd Gerber <ge...@ze...>
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