maldet command not found. Install Maldet on Linux

I got Maldet command not found error while trying to scan my CentOS 7 server.

ERROR:

-bash: /usr/local/sbin/maldet: No such file or directory.

-bash: maldet command not found



root@server [/]# maldet -a /home/user/public_html/

-bash: maldet: command not found
root@server [/]# maldet -a /home/user/public_html/

-bash: /usr/local/sbin/maldet: No such file or directory

Linux Malware Detect (maldet) is used on linux servers to scan and remove / quarantine infected files.

LMD (Linux Malware Detect) might not be installed on the above server.

Missing Maldet directories and files on your server might be another reason.

To fix this error you must download and install Maldet on your server.

Maldet installation steps

1. Log into your CentOS / Redhat 7 server as root user

2. You can download maldet installation tar file from rfxn.com website

3. Extract the installation file using tar command

4. Run the installation script ‘sh install.sh’



# cd /usr/local/src/
# wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz
# tar -xzvf maldetect-current.tar.gz
# cd maldetect-*
sh install.sh



root@server [/]# cd /usr/local/src/
root@server [/usr/local/src]# wget http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz
--2016-04-30 02:46:53--  http://www.rfxn.com/downloads/maldetect-current.tar.gz

Resolving www.rfxn.com (www.rfxn.com)... 129.121.132.46

Connecting to www.rfxn.com (www.rfxn.com)|129.121.132.46|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: 1135369 (1.1M) [application/x-gzip]

Saving to: 'maldetect-current.tar.gz'
100%[==============================================================================================================================>] 1,135,369   5.20MB/s   in 0.2s
2016-04-30 02:46:53 (5.20 MB/s) - 'maldetect-current.tar.gz' saved [1135369/1135369]


 

root@server [/usr/local/src]# tar -xzvf maldetect-current.tar.gz
maldetect-1.5/

maldetect-1.5/CHANGELOG

maldetect-1.5/cron.daily

maldetect-1.5/CHANGELOG.VARIABLES

maldetect-1.5/README

maldetect-1.5/files/

maldetect-1.5/files/uninstall.sh

maldetect-1.5/files/hookscan.sh

maldetect-1.5/files/ignore_file_ext

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/md5v2.dat

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/rfxn.ndb

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/appver/

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/appver/wordpress.ver

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/md5.dat

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/hex.dat

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/maldet.sigs.ver

maldetect-1.5/files/sigs/rfxn.hdb

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/functions

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/hexstring.pl

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/tlog

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/scan.etpl

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/internals.conf

maldetect-1.5/files/internals/hexfifo.pl

maldetect-1.5/files/VERSION.hash

maldetect-1.5/files/ignore_inotify

maldetect-1.5/files/maldet

maldetect-1.5/files/conf.maldet

maldetect-1.5/files/clean/

maldetect-1.5/files/clean/js.inject.VisitorTracker

maldetect-1.5/files/clean/gzbase64.inject.unclassed

maldetect-1.5/files/clean/base64.inject.unclassed

maldetect-1.5/files/clean/php.brute.bf1lic

maldetect-1.5/files/service/

maldetect-1.5/files/service/maldet.sysconfig

maldetect-1.5/files/service/maldet.sh

maldetect-1.5/files/service/maldet.service

maldetect-1.5/files/sess/

maldetect-1.5/files/monitor_paths

maldetect-1.5/files/ignore_paths

maldetect-1.5/files/ignore_sigs

maldetect-1.5/files/modsec.sh

maldetect-1.5/cron.d.pub

maldetect-1.5/COPYING.GPL

maldetect-1.5/CHANGELOG.RELEASE

maldetect-1.5/.ca.def

maldetect-1.5/install.sh


root@server [/usr/local/src]# cd maldetect-*
root@server [/usr/local/src/maldetect-1.5]# sh install.sh
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/maldet.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/maldet.service.
Linux Malware Detect v1.5

            (C) 2002-2015, R-fx Networks 
            (C) 2015, Ryan MacDonald 
This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
installation completed to /usr/local/maldetect
config file: /usr/local/maldetect/conf.maldet
exec file: /usr/local/maldetect/maldet
exec link: /usr/local/sbin/maldet
exec link: /usr/local/sbin/lmd
cron.daily: /etc/cron.daily/maldet
maldet(19519): {sigup} performing signature update check...
maldet(19519): {sigup} local signature set is version 2016040521114

maldet(19519): {sigup} latest signature set already installed

root@server [/usr/local/src/maldetect-1.5]#

How to run Maldet scan on your CentOS / Redhat Server

1. Log into your Linux server as ‘root’ user

2. Run the below command to initiate a scan

# maldet -a /directory-path

# maldet –scan-all /path-of-directory

maldet command not found. Install Maldet on Linux