Details

If the system is intended to support local users, create a separate partition for the /home directory to protect against resource exhaustion and restrict the type of files that can be stored under /home.

Solution

For new installations, during installation create a custom partition setup and specify a separate partition for /home.For systems that were previously installed, create a new partition and configure /etc/fstab as appropriate.

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: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6b.

Source

• Tenable.com/audits