The system must use a separate file system for the system audit data path.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-23738	GEN003623	SV-37642r1_rule	ECSC-1	Low

Description
The use of separate file systems for different paths can protect the system from failures resulting from a file system becoming full or failing.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-36840r1_chk )
Determine if the /var/log/audit path is a separate filesystem. # grep /var/log/audit /etc/fstab If no result is returned, /var/log/audit is not on a separate filesystem this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31677r1_fix)
Migrate the /var/log/audit path onto a separate filesystem.