Lynis Security Tool for Unix/Linux
Lynis Tool is a security auditing tool for UNIX derivatives like Linux, macOS, BSD, Solaris, AIX, and others. It performs an in-depth security scan.
Supported operating systems
- AIX
- FreeBSD
- HP-UX
- Linux
- Mac OS
- NetBSD
- OpenBSD
- Solaris
- and others
How it works
- Determine operating system
- Search for available tools and utilities
- Check for Lynis update
- Run tests from enabled plugins
- Run security tests per category
- Report status of security scan
