diff -Nur smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.daily/rkhunter/10script smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.daily/rkhunter/10script
--- smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.daily/rkhunter/10script	2015-08-13 10:07:14.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/cron.daily/rkhunter/10script	2017-07-06 18:02:46.609000000 -0400
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@
   if [ -x $RKHUNTER ]; then
     /bin/echo -e "\n--------------------- Start Rootkit Hunter Update ---------------------" \
       > $TMPFILE1
-    /bin/nice -n 10 $RKHUNTER --update --nocolors 2>&1 >> $TMPFILE1
+    updatestatus=$(/sbin/e-smith/config  getprop rkhunter updateMirrors) || echo 'disabled'
+    if [ "$updatestatus" == 'enabled' ]; then
+    	/bin/nice -n 10 $RKHUNTER --update --nocolors 2>&1 >> $TMPFILE1
+    else
+	echo "Rootkit Hunter Update disabled see https://bugs.contribs.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10376 " 2>&1 >> $TMPFILE1
+    fi
     /bin/echo -e "\n---------------------- Start Rootkit Hunter Scan ----------------------" \
       >> $TMPFILE1
     /bin/nice -n 10 $RKHUNTER $RKHUNTER_FLAGS 2>&1 >> $TMPFILE1
diff -Nur smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rkhunter.conf/005mirrors20update smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rkhunter.conf/005mirrors20update
--- smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rkhunter.conf/005mirrors20update	2009-04-02 17:13:16.000000000 -0400
+++ smeserver-rkhunter-1.4.0/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/rkhunter.conf/005mirrors20update	2017-07-06 17:51:46.512000000 -0400
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@
 # If this option is set to 0, the mirrors file can only be updated
 # manually. This may be useful if only using local mirrors.
 #
-UPDATE_MIRRORS=1
+{
+	my $update= (($rkhunter{updateMirrors}|| 'disabled' ) eq 'enabled') ? 1 : 0;
+	$OUT = "UPDATE_MIRRORS= $update\n";
+}