The system must use a separate file system for /var.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38456	RHEL-06-000002	SV-50256r1_rule		Low

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-05-26

Details

Check Text ( C-46011r2_chk )
Run the following command to determine if "/var" is on its own partition or logical volume: $ mount | grep "on /var " If "/var" has its own partition or volume group, a line will be returned. If no line is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43401r2_fix)
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.