what is RKHunter and how to install it?
You can install RKHunter on Linux Server by using following steps.
1 Login to your server as root
2. cd /usr/local/src
3 Download RKHunter and extract the archive
wget http://downloads.rootkit.nl/rkhunter-1.1.4.tar.gz
Some time above URL is not working fine due to that you can also use following URL to download the tar file.
wget –no-check-certificate http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/rkhunter/rkhunter/1.4.2/rkhunter-1.4.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf rkhunter-1.4.2.tar.gz
4. Install RKHunter
cd rkhunter-1.4.2
./installer.sh
Or
./installer.sh –layout default –install
Note : – – layout and – – install need to be use
You can also set the cron to receive the RKHunter result.
vi /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter.sh
#!/bin/bash
(/usr/local/bin/rkhunter –update && /usr/local/bin/rkhunter –check –nocolors –skip-keypress –summary 2>&1 | mail -s “RKhunter Scan Details” server@ktchost.com)
chmod a+x /etc/cron.daily/rkhunter.sh
As RKHunter now updated its version therefore it could be possible that above steps or URL won’t work therefore please refer to the following new steps to install RKHunter
root@server [~]# cd /usr/local/src
root@server[~]#wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/rkhunter/rkhunter/1.3.8/rkhunter-1.3.8.tar.gz
root@server [~]#tar -xvf rkhunter-1.3.8.tar.gz
root@server [~]#cd rkhunter-1.3.8
root@server [/usr/local/src/rkhunter-1.3.8]#./installer.sh –layout default –install
Now run the rkhunter
root@server [/usr/local/src/rkhunter-1.3.8]# /usr/local/bin/rkhunter -c
