Ensure /var Located On Separate Partition
An XCCDF Rule
Description
The /var directory is used by daemons and other system
services to store frequently-changing data. Ensure that /var has its own partition
or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.
Rationale
Ensuring that /var is mounted on its own partition enables the
setting of more restrictive mount options. This helps protect
system services such as daemons or other programs which use it.
It is not uncommon for the /var directory to contain
world-writable directories installed by other software packages.
- ID
- xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_partition_for_var
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated