Help about Root kit checker

[arianetwork]

How can i install Root kit checker ?

[JPC-Nick]

download:
# wget http://downloads.rootkit.nl/rkhunter-<version>.tar.gz
Note: It doesn't matter where you save the tarball

extract:
# tar zxf rkhunter-<version>.tar.gz

installation:
# cd rkhunter
# ./installer.sh

[arianetwork]

Can you reply me step by step how can i login to my root and do these ?

[jason]

First of all, you need an SSH client on your computer. If you don't have one, get PuTTY (if you're on Windows): http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

In the PuTTY config, set your VPS hostname as the host, 22 as the port, and SSH as the protocol. Then click Open.

When prompted for a "login as:" type root* press enter and then enter your password and press enter again.

Once logged in you should get a command prompt. Tyoe each of the lines that Nick gave you above, excluding the # at the beginning of the line. That's it.

When done, type logout and press enter to end the SSH session.

* Remote logins as root are not a good idea. Hackers are always trying to crack the root passwords of systems, so it is best to disable remote root logins (see Jag's securing your VPS thread, where I suspect you got the info about the root kit checker for a how to). The user the command useradd (type man useradd for help) to create a general user account for yourself to use for remote logins.

When you log in with your new user account, type su to switch to root. You'll be prompted for a password and then you'll get a new command prompt, which will be root. When done type exit to close the root shell and then logout to exit the ssh session.

--Jason