STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Oracle Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 9 Benchmark Date: 01 Jul 2026:

A separate OL 8 filesystem must be used for user home directories (such as "/home" or an equivalent).

DISA Rule

SV-248648r991589_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-248648

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

OL08-00-010800

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Migrate the "/home" directory onto a separate file system.

Check Contents

Verify that a separate file system has been created for non-privileged local interactive user home directories.

Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users, users with a User Identifier (UID) greater than 1000, on the system with the following command:

$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $1,$3,$6}' /etc/passwd

doej 1001 /home/doej
publicj 1002 /home/publicj
smithj 1003 /home/smithj

The output of the command will give the directory that contains the home directories for the nonprivileged users on the system (in this example, "/home") and users’ shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as "/bin/bash") are considered interactive users.

Check that a file system has been created for the nonprivileged interactive users with the following command.

Note: The partition of "/home" is used in the example.

$ sudo grep /home /etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/... /home xfs defaults,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0

If a separate entry for the file system that contains the nonprivileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-248648

Documentable

False

Rule Version

OL08-00-010800

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that a separate file system has been created for non-privileged local interactive user home directories.

Check the home directory assignment for all non-privileged users, users with a User Identifier (UID) greater than 1000, on the system with the following command:

$ sudo awk -F: '($3>=1000)&&($1!="nobody"){print $1,$3,$6}' /etc/passwd

doej 1001 /home/doej
publicj 1002 /home/publicj
smithj 1003 /home/smithj

The output of the command will give the directory that contains the home directories for the nonprivileged users on the system (in this example, "/home") and users’ shell. All accounts with a valid shell (such as "/bin/bash") are considered interactive users.

Check that a file system has been created for the nonprivileged interactive users with the following command.

Note: The partition of "/home" is used in the example.

$ sudo grep /home /etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/... /home xfs defaults,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0

If a separate entry for the file system that contains the nonprivileged interactive users' home directories does not exist, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5416