security/rkhunter 1.4.2 and fdescfs mounted on /dev/fd

[Trond Endrestøl]

On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 09:03-0400, Chris Nehren wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 13:06:57 +0200, Trond Endrestøl wrote:
> > shells/bash more or less requires fdescfs mounted on /dev/fd, in case 
> > someone wondered.
> 
> What kinds of things fail when this isn't the case?  I've not
> heard of or seen any issues with shells/bash and I don't have
> fdescfs mounted.

I'm not sure. My daily use of bash is not impaired by the lack of 
fdescfs. I have, however, enabled fdescfs on an experimental system, 
as per the instructions in shells/bash/pkg-message. Thus, my effort to 
try and keep rkhunter happy on said system.

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