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Rkhunter Setup
# dir: /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = *
[Action]
Description = rkhunter --propupd
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/rkhunter --propupd --report-warnings-only
Depends = rkhunter
# dir: /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Type = Package
Target = *
[Action]
Description = rkhunter.service status check
When = PreTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/sh -c "! /usr/bin/systemctl is-failed rkhunter.service"
Depends = rkhunter
AbortOnFail = yes
# Rootkit Hunter Custom Settings
## Allow some hidden directories/files
ALLOWHIDDENDIR=/etc/.git
ALLOWHIDDENFILE=/etc/.etckeeper
ALLOWHIDDENFILE=/etc/.gitignore
ALLOWHIDDENFILE=/etc/.updated
ALLOWHIDDENFILE=/usr/share/man/man5/.k5identity.5.gz
ALLOWHIDDENFILE=/usr/share/man/man5/.k5login.5.gz
## Ignore the warnings: 'The command ... has been replaced by ...'
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/egrep
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/fgrep
SCRIPTWHITELIST=/usr/bin/ldd
## False Positive: WP-CLI
RTKT_FILE_WHITELIST=/usr/bin/wp
[Unit]
Description=Rootkit Scan
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rkhunter --update --report-warnings-only
ExecStart=/usr/bin/rkhunter --cronjob --report-warnings-only
ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/rkhunter --propupd --report-warnings-only
[Unit]
Description=Daily Rootkit Scan
[Timer]
OnCalendar=05:00:00
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
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amekusa commented Nov 9, 2021

UPDATE @ 2021-11-09
Added rkhunter-propupd.hook

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amekusa commented Oct 21, 2022

I made a setup script for Arch Linux that can entirely automate this rkhunter setup:
https://github.com/amekusa/arch-setup/

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