Bug 1674509 - lynis doesn't handle case when is not executed as root
Summary: lynis doesn't handle case when is not executed as root
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: lynis
Version: 29
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Othman Madjoudj
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-02-11 14:01 UTC by Luca Moscato
Modified: 2019-10-01 03:58 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: lynis-2.7.5-4.fc30 lynis-2.7.5-4.fc31 lynis-2.7.5-4.el7 lynis-2.7.5-4.el8
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Last Closed: 2019-09-24 01:08:36 UTC
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Description Luca Moscato 2019-02-11 14:01:39 UTC 
Description of problem:
lynis should be executed by root user (I suppose)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
As use install lynis and run it

Steps to Reproduce:


Actual results:
[luca@baratheon ~]$ lynis
/usr/bin/lynis: riga 204: /usr/share/lynis/include/consts: Permission denied
[luca@baratheon ~]$ 


Expected results:
A message that alert the user something: You must execute lynis as root

Additional info:
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2019-09-15 01:33:53 UTC 
FEDORA-2019-704fa5114d has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-704fa5114d
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2019-09-15 01:39:11 UTC 
FEDORA-2019-ad9d41a676 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-ad9d41a676
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2019-09-15 01:44:16 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2019-9b6028533f has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 8. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2019-9b6028533f
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2019-09-15 01:49:21 UTC 
FEDORA-EPEL-2019-6024f97855 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2019-6024f97855
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2019-09-16 02:05:10 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-704fa5114d
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2019-09-16 04:03:08 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-ad9d41a676
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2019-09-16 04:08:38 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2019-9b6028533f
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2019-09-16 04:11:47 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2019-6024f97855
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2019-09-24 01:08:36 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2019-09-24 03:11:04 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2019-10-01 03:20:45 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2019-10-01 03:58:45 UTC 
lynis-2.7.5-4.el8 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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