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V-280940CAT II — Medium severitySV-280940r1184730_rule

RHEL 10 must use a separate file system for "/var/log".

Rule version RHEL-10-000560 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-17

Discussion

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

Check

Verify RHEL 10 uses a separate file system/partition for "/var/log" with the following command:

$ mount | grep /var/log /dev/mapper/luks-c651f493-9fdc-4c6e-a711-0a4f03149661 on /var/log type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2) Note: Options displayed for mount may differ.

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

Fix

Configure RHEL 10 to use a separate file system for log file directories by migrating the "/var/log" path onto a separate file system.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-280940
Group title
SRG-OS-000420-GPOS-00186
Rule ID
SV-280940r1184730_rule
Check ID
C-85501r1165173_chk
Fix ID
F-85406r1165174_fix