There might be even more. The `chkrootkit` skript mentions these
commands (on the right side the respective debian package is mentioned):
Section below:
## workaround for some Bourne shell implementations
unalias login > /dev/null 2>&1 → login
unalias ls > /dev/null 2>&1 → coreutils
unalias netstat > /dev/null 2>&1 → net-tools
unalias ss > /dev/null 2>&1 → iproute2
unalias ps > /dev/null 2>&1 → procps
unalias dirname > /dev/null 2>&1 → coreutils
Section below
cmdlist="
awk → awk
cut → coreutils
echo → coreutils
grep → grep
find → findutils
head → coreutils
id → coreutils
ls → coreutils
ps → procps
sed → sed
strings → binutils
uname → coreutils
"
There might be more, e.g. to send email.
Currently (chkrootkit_0.57-2+b5) chkrootkit only depends on 'libc6'.
'net-tools' and 'procps' are under the 'Recomends'.
I have not checked, which of these are definitely needed, but I guess at
least those from the 'cmdlist' are good candidates to be included in the
'Depends' section!
On 13/06/2025 10:32 pm, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2025 at 11:33, Stephan Helma <s.p.he...@gmx.net> wrote:
I did a default installation of 'chkrootkit' without installing the recommended
packages.
* What was the outcome of this action?
I received an email with:
Today's run produced the following output:
--- [ BEGIN: cat /var/log/chkrootkit/log.today ] ---
chkrootkit: can't find `strings'.
--- [ END: cat /var/log/chkrootkit/log.today ] ---
* What outcome did you expect instead?
I would expect, that 'chkrootkit' would run without error. For this the package
'binutils' should be a dependency of 'chkrootkit'.
Thanks - that does look to be the case. And also procps for the same reason
