STIGUI
V-217185CAT III — Low severitySV-217185r991589_rule

The SUSE operating system must use a separate file system for /var.

Rule version SLES-12-010860 · STIG v3 · 2025-11-24

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 the SUSE operating system has a separate file system/partition for "/var".

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

# grep /var /etc/fstab UUID=c274f65f /var ext4 noatime,nobarrier 1 2

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

Fix

Create a separate file system/partition on the SUSE operating system for "/var".

Migrate "/var" onto the separate file system/partition.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-217185
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
Rule ID
SV-217185r991589_rule
Check ID
C-18413r369711_chk
Fix ID
F-18411r369712_fix