Command-line tool

lynis

brew/lynis

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Security and system auditing tool to harden systems

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install lynis

Check that Lynis is up-to-date

sudo lynis update info

Run a security audit of the system

sudo lynis audit system

Run a security audit of a Dockerfile

sudo lynis audit dockerfile path/to/dockerfile

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