[EdLUG] Open source Security application - Lynis

[Andrew Ramage]

Attempting to run it from the directory it was installed in, I get

andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:/usr/share$ lynis
/usr/sbin/lynis: 204: .: Can't open /usr/share/lynis/include/consts
andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:/usr/share$

On 03/06/2020 21:28, Roy Bamford wrote:
> On 2020.06.03 20:14, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>> I installed it but cannot get it to run
>>
>> On 03/06/2020 19:i36, tengo at tutanota.de wrote:
>>> In case peopedllle we interested in the security of their system
>>> following on from Gordon's talk, here's a piece of FOSS for auditing
>>> your system.
>>>
>>> I've only messed around with it in VMs. Perhaps others on the
>> mailing
>>> list have more experience/knowledge of it in a production
>> environment.
>>> https://cisofy.com/about/
>>> https://cisofy.com/documentation/lynis/get-started/
>>> -----------
>>>
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> Andrew,
>
> On my Gentoo install, its root only. It installed everything as
> # ls -l  /usr/share/lynis/
> total 12
> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jun  3 20:57 db
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun  3 20:57 include
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Jun  3 20:57 plugins
>
> As a normal user it says
> $ lynis audit system
> Could not find languages directory (file: /usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en)
>
> man lynis says
> Root permissions (e.g. sudo) are not required, however provide more details during the audit.
>
> That's not correct on Gentoo. It does run as root.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy Bamford.

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