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Audit tool: Lynis

Lynis is a free open source audit tool.

Download Lynis: https://packages.cisofy.com

Install Lynis on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C80E383C3DE9F082E01391A0366C67DE91CA5D5F

sudo apt install apt-transport-https

echo 'Acquire::Languages "none";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99disable-translations

echo "deb https://packages.cisofy.com/community/lynis/deb/ xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cisofy-lynis.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install lynis

lynis --version

sudo lynis audit system

lynis show details

sudo less /var/log/lynis.log


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