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V-269303CAT II — Medium severitySV-269303r1050185_rule

AlmaLinux OS 9 must use a separate file system for /var/log.

Rule version ALMA-09-025320 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-25

Discussion

Placing "/var/log" in its own partition enables better separation between log files and other files in "/var/".

Check

Verify that a separate file system/partition has been created for "/var/log" with the following command:

$ mount | grep ' /var/log '

/dev/mapper/luks-e0d162f5-fad8-463e-8e39-6bd09e672961 on /var/log type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2,inode64,logbufs=8,logbsize=32k,noquota)

If a separate entry for "/var/log" is not in use, this is a finding.

Fix

Migrate the "/var/log" path onto a separate file system.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-269303
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-269303r1050185_rule
Check ID
C-73334r1048285_chk
Fix ID
F-73235r1048286_fix