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This guide is based on various community forum posts and webpages. Special thanks to all. All comments and improvements are very welcome as this is purely a personal experimental project at this point and must be considered a work in progress.

The Ubuntu Server Secure script:

• The Ubuntu Server Secure script is set of GUI security administration tools to harden and audit the security on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server by using a GUI shell script to install and configure various security features found in How to secure an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server – Part 1 The Basics.
• This script was done as an experiment in using Zenity to create a interactive Gnome Gtk+ GUI installer.
• Zenity is a great tool for creating a simple yet powerful GUI user interface on top of bash like shell script very quickly.

Requirements:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with a standard LAMP stack installed.
• Unity or Gnome Desktop installed.
• Zenity installed. (Zenity installed by default in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop)

1. Ubuntu Server Secure – Screenshots

2. Ubuntu Server Secure – The Shell Script Code

• Below is the contents of the ubuntu-server-secure.sh file.

3. Ubuntu Server Secure – Log File

• Complete log can be found at: /var/log/uss_YYYY-MM-DD.log (replace YYYY-MM-DD with current date)

4. Ubuntu Server Secure – Installation Instructions

• Install zenity if not already installed by default on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install zenity
• Download the Ubuntu Server Secure script from the links at the bottom of this page
• Change Directory to the downloaded file : cd /path/to/download
• To extract, open a terminal window and enter :

sudo tar -zxvf ubuntu-server-secure.tar.gz
cd ubuntu-server-secure
sudo chmod +x ubuntu-server-secure.sh

• To run enter :

gksudo sh ubuntu-server-secure.sh