{"id":149,"date":"2015-04-27T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T12:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=149"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:25:36","slug":"install-and-automate-chkrootkit-on-your-linux-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/install-and-automate-chkrootkit-on-your-linux-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Install and Automate Chkrootkit on Your Linux Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chkrootkit or Check Rootkit is a common Linux security tool that will scan your server for any signs of rootkits or worms which could severely impact the security of your server if they are not removed. In this blog post, we are going to cover installing Check Rootkit on a dedicated server and configuring it to run daily and e-mailing the results to a system administrator.<\/p>\n

1. Move to \/usr\/local\/src<\/p>\n

cd \/usr\/local\/src\n<\/pre>\n
2. Download and install the RPM<\/p>\n
wget http:\/\/www6.atomicorp.com\/channels\/atomic\/centos\/5\/i386\/RPMS\/chkrootkit-0.49-1.el5.art.i386.rpm<\/a>\nrpm -ivh chkrootkit-0.49-1.el5.art.i386.rpm\n<\/pre>\n
3. Create file \/etc\/cron.daily\/chkrootkit.sh<\/b> with the following contents.<\/p>\n
#!\/bin\/sh\n(\n\/usr\/local\/chkrootkit\/chkrootkit\n) | \/bin\/mail -s 'CHROOTKIT Daily Run (ServerNameHere)' name@domain.com\n<\/pre>\n
Replace ServerNameHere<\/b><\/i> with the actual server name and name@domain.com<\/b><\/i> with your mail address.<\/p>\n
Now you have installed Chkrootkit on the server and set up the cron that will run every day.<\/p>\n\n\n
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