From a6ef89aa6343a6cb0e481e66dab8bc49cc2ae34d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mboelen <michael@cisofy.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:11:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better clarification why Lynis will not run when permissions
 are incorrect

---
 lynis | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lynis b/lynis
index a6b28a65..f035a263 100755
--- a/lynis
+++ b/lynis
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@
         . ${INCLUDEDIR}/functions
       else
         echo ""; echo "";
-        echo "[X] Security check failed: See action above to correct this issue."
-        echo "    Please change ownership and permissions of the related files and start Lynis again."
+        echo "[X] Security check failed: See action above, to correct this issue."
+        echo ""
+        echo "    Why:"
+        echo "    This error is a protection mechanism, to prevent root user from executing user created files."
+        echo ""
+        echo "    Possible action:"
+        echo "    Change ownership and permissions of the related files, or full directory, and start Lynis again."
         echo ""; echo "";
         exit 1
     fi