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V-230292CAT III — Low severitySV-230292r1017103_rule

RHEL 8 must use a separate file system for /var.

Rule version RHEL-08-010540 · STIG v2 · 2026-05-20

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".

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

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

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-230292
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-230292r1017103_rule
Check ID
C-32961r902717_chk
Fix ID
F-32936r567623_fix