Details

Since the user partitions are not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that

users cannot attempt to create block or character special devices.

Solution

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add nodev to the fourth field (mounting options) for the
/home partition. See the fstab(5) manual page for more information.# mount -o remount,nodev /homeNotes-The actions in this recommendation refer to the /home partition, which is the default user
partition that is defined. If you have created other user partitions, it is recommended that the Remediation and Audit steps be applied to these partitions as well.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/1863

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-6(10)

Source

• Tenable.com/audits