Fixed: Linux Malware Detect / Maldet Service Failed on CWP AlmaLinux 8

Hello,

I wanted to share a small fix in case it helps someone else using CWP / Control Web Panel with AlmaLinux 8.

After checking my server, I noticed that the maldet service was failing.

First, I checked the failed systemd services:

The output showed:

Then I checked the Maldet service status:

The first error was:

So I installed the missing package:

After that, I tried to restart Maldet:

But then Maldet showed another missing dependency:

So I installed inotify-tools:

Then I verified that inotifywait existed:

It returned:

After that, I restarted Maldet again:

Then I checked the service status:

This time Maldet started correctly:

The log also showed:

Finally, I checked failed services again:

Result:

So in my case, the fix was simply to install the missing Maldet monitor-mode dependencies:

This was tested on:

I hope this helps someone who sees Maldet failing with one of these errors:

or:

After installing the required packages and restarting Maldet, the service started normally.