A separate RHEL 8 filesystem must be used for user home directories (such as /home or an equivalent).
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-230328r902723_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Migrate the "/home" directory onto a separate file system.