Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

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Version

V1 · R3

CurrentPublished Wed Sep 30 2026

RHEL 10 must use a separate file system for "/var/log".

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Assessment Title

Rule Text

RHEL 10 must use a separate file system for "/var/log".

Description

Discussion Text

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

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Objective

V-280940

Rule

SV-280940r1184730_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

RHEL-10-000560

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

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

$ mount | grep /var/log
/dev/mapper/luks-c651f493-9fdc-4c6e-a711-0a4f03149661 on /var/log type xfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,seclabel,attr2)
Note: Options displayed for mount may differ.

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

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure RHEL 10 to use a separate file system for log file directories by migrating the "/var/log" path onto a separate file system.

STIG check 11 of 435 in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG checklist

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