Information about the package, lynis, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lynis package is designed for, Security and system auditing tool.
Package Name:
lynis
Summary:
Security and system auditing tool
Description:
Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even call it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardening state of the machine, detects security issues and provides suggestions to improve the security defense of the system.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.6.3
Release:
1.el6
Size:
253 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the lynis package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lynis
This command will install lynis on the server.
yum remove lynis
This command will un-install lynis on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lynis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lynis
This command will un-install lynis on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lynis when using the -y flag.
yum update lynis
This command will update lynis to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lynis, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lynis
This command will update lynis to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lynis when using the -y flag.
yum info lynis
This command will show you core information about the lynis package.
yum deplist lynis
This command will show you the dependencies for lynis. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update lynis
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lynis. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.