On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 21:27 +0100, Adam McGreggor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a directory, /etc/.svn, which is setgid (2775/drwxrwsrx).
>
> On running rkhunter 1.3.6 (installed from the .tar.gz, via the heanet
> SF mirror), on one Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ("Hardy") machine, I consistently
> receive the message:
>
> Warning: Hidden file found: /etc/.svn: setgid directory
>
> Removing the setgid bit, I've found
> ALLOWHIDDENDIR=/etc/.svn
> silences rkhunter, but I want this directory to be setgid, and I don't
> want rkhunter to bitch.
>
As far as I am aware rkhunter doesn't care whether a directory has the
setgid bit set or not. I would say, leave the above ALLOWHIDDENDIR
option in your config file, and reset the permissions on the directory.
John.
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