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V-244529CAT II — Medium severitySV-244529r1017336_rule

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

Rule version RHEL-08-010544 · 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/tmp".

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

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

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

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-244529
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-244529r1017336_rule
Check ID
C-47804r902736_chk
Fix ID
F-47761r743835_fix