How To Install lynis on Fedora 34
lynis is Security and system auditing tool
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lynis on Fedora 34.
What is lynis
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.
We can use yum or dnf to install lynis on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lynis.
Install lynis on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lynis using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lynis
Install lynis on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lynis using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lynis
How To Uninstall lynis on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the lynis package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lynis
lynis Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/lynis
/etc/lynis/default.prf
/usr/bin/lynis
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/lynis
/usr/share/doc/lynis
/usr/share/doc/lynis/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/lynis/CONTRIBUTORS.md
/usr/share/doc/lynis/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/lynis/README
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd/lynis.service
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd/lynis.timer
/usr/share/licenses/lynis
/usr/share/licenses/lynis/LICENSE
/usr/share/lynis
/usr/share/lynis/db
/usr/share/lynis/db/fileperms.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/hints.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/integrity.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/az
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/br
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/cn
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/da
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/de
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/de-AT
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en-GB
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en-US
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/es
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/fi
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/fr
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/gr
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/he
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/hu
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/it
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ja
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ko
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nb-NO
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl-BE
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl-NL
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/pl
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/pt
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ru
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/se
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/sk
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/tr
/usr/share/lynis/db/malware-susp.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/malware.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/sbl.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/software-eol.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/tests.db
/usr/share/lynis/include
/usr/share/lynis/include/binaries
/usr/share/lynis/include/consts
/usr/share/lynis/include/data_upload
/usr/share/lynis/include/functions
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_audit_dockerfile
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_configure
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_generate
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_show
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_system_remote_scan
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_update
/usr/share/lynis/include/osdetection
/usr/share/lynis/include/parameters
/usr/share/lynis/include/profiles
/usr/share/lynis/include/report
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_accounting
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_authentication
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_banners
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_boot_services
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_containers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_crypto
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_custom.template
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_databases
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_dns
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_file_integrity
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_file_permissions
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_filesystems
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_firewalls
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_hardening
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_homedirs
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_insecure_services
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_kernel
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_kernel_hardening
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ldap
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_logging
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_mac_frameworks
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_mail_messaging
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_malware
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_memory_processes
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_nameservices
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_networking
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_php
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ports_packages
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_printers_spoolers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_scheduling
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_shells
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_snmp
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_squid
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ssh
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_storage
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_storage_nfs
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_system_integrity
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_time
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_tooling
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_usb
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_virtualization
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_webservers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tool_tips
/usr/share/lynis/plugins
/usr/share/lynis/plugins/README
/usr/share/lynis/plugins/custom_plugin.template
/usr/share/man/man8/lynis.8.gz
/var/log/lynis-report.dat
/var/log/lynis.log
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lynis on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.