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V-248609CAT III — Low severitySV-248609r991589_rule

OL 8 must use a separate file system for "/var/log".

Rule version OL08-00-010541 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-24

Discussion

The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.

Check

Verify that a separate file system has been created for "/var/log".

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

     $ sudo grep /var/log /etc/fstab
     /dev/mapper/...   /var/log   xfs   defaults,nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0

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-248609
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-248609r991589_rule
Check ID
C-52043r902794_chk
Fix ID
F-51997r779392_fix