Rawhide Rkhunter

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:18:24 +0000, FM (Frank) wrote:

> On 19/11/11 14:13, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:03:57 +0000, FM (Frank) wrote:
> >
> >>    Start Rootkit Hunter Scan ----------------------
> >> Warning: Hidden file found: /usr/share/man/man5/.k5identity.5.gz: gzip
> >> compressed data, from Unix, max compression
> >>
> >> ----------------------- End Rootkit Hunter Scan --------
> >>
> >> Why is a man file hdden?
> >
> > Beause it documents a file ".k5identity" in a user's home directory,
> > and you would display it with "man .k5identify".
> >
> 
> But, why hide it?

The manual page or the config file?
Files with a leading dot in the file name are hidden. That's normal.
For rkhunter, it's a false positive.

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