The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that a separate file system is used for user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.

ID: SV-204493r603840_rule
Version: RHEL-07-021310
Severity: Low
References: CCI-000366
Updated: 15 days ago

Remediation Templates

Migrate the "/home" directory onto a separate file system/partition.