Details

Placing ‘/var/log’ in its own partition enables better separation between log files and other files in ‘/var/’.

Solution

System logs are stored in the ‘/var/log’ directory. Ensure that it has its own partition or logical volume at installation time, or migrate it using LVM.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_Linux_6_V1R18_STIG.zip

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.
• CAT|III
• CCI|CCI-000366
• CSCv6|6.3
• Group-ID|V-50529
• Rule-ID|SV-208795r603263_rule
• STIG-ID|OL6-00-000003
• STIG-Legacy|SV-64735
• STIG-Legacy|V-50529
• Vuln-ID|V-208795

Source

• Tenable.com/audits