maldet(15338): {scan} scan returned empty file list; check that path exists and contains files in scope of configuration. maldetect-1.6.4

[Munawirsyah13]

[root@malware ~]# maldet -a /root/Documents/malware/thezoo/
Linux Malware Detect v1.6.4
(C) 2002-2019, R-fx Networks [email protected]
(C) 2019, Ryan MacDonald [email protected]
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2

maldet(15338): {scan} signatures loaded: 17253 (14431 MD5 | 2039 HEX | 783 YARA | 0 USER)
maldet(15338): {scan} building file list for /root/Documents/malware/thezoo/, this might take awhile...
maldet(15338): {scan} setting nice scheduler priorities for all operations: cpunice 19 , ionice 6
maldet(15338): {scan} scan returned empty file list; check that path exists and contains files in scope of configuration.

[tisc0]

Seems maldet is not scanning files owned by root. (#273)
I'll be glad to get over that limitation. Seeking for the option, not finding anything for now.

[tisc0]

Hi !
Glad I kept that tab open, the answer is simply in /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet :

# As a design and common use case, LMD typically only scans user space paths
# and as such it makes sense to ignore files that are root owned. It is
# recommended to leave this enabled for best performance.
# [ 0 = disabled, 1 = enabled ]
scan_ignore_root="0"

[kalleboy]

Hello there.

I have the same issue on FreeBSD 13. Getting the same error on any directory I try to scan.

Have scan_ignore_root="0" as well, in config file.

Any idea?

[kalleboy]

Sorry for the bump. Any idea on how to solve this?

[w3bservice]

Send the error message

[kalleboy]

"maldet(15338): {scan} scan returned empty file list; check that path exists and contains files in scope of configuration."

[Mikanoshi]

"maldet(15338): {scan} scan returned empty file list; check that path exists and contains files in scope of configuration."

Try to start like this: OSTYPE=FreeBSD maldet -a /path.
This OS detection is incorrect as $OSTYPE can return something like "freebsd13.0":
https://github.com/rfxn/linux-malware-detect/blob/master/files/internals/internals.conf#L27