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V-230293CAT III — Low severitySV-230293r1017104_rule

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

Rule version RHEL-08-010541 · 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/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-230293
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-230293r1017104_rule
Check ID
C-32962r902719_chk
Fix ID
F-32937r567626_fix