Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must use a separate file system for user home directories (such as "/home" or an equivalent).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must use a separate file system for user home directories (such as "/home" or an equivalent).

Description

Discussion Text

Ensuring that "/home" is mounted on its own partition enables the setting of more restrictive mount options and helps ensure that users cannot trivially fill partitions used for log or audit data storage.

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Objective

V-280937

Rule

SV-280937r1184727_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-000530

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Verify RHEL 10 uses a separate file system/partition for "/home" with the following command:

$ mount | grep /home
/dev/mapper/luks-ca2261ed-7b00-4b7b-84cd-8cd6d8fa4b28 on /home type xfs (rw,nodev,nosuid,noexec,seclabel)
Note: Options displayed for mount may differ.

If a separate entry for "/home" is not in use, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to use a separate file system for user home directories by migrating the "/home" directory onto a separate file system/partition.

STIG check 8 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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