The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must use a separate file system for /tmp (or equivalent).
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-204496r603261_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Start the "tmp.mount" service with the following command:
# systemctl enable tmp.mount
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