1.1.14 Ensure nodev option set on /home partition

Information

The nodev mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain special devices. Since the user partitions are not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that users cannot attempt to create block or character special devices.

Solution

Edit the /etc/fstab file and add nodev to the fourth field (mounting options) for the /home partition. See the fstab(5) manual page for more information. # mount -o remount,nodev /home

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/2518

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6(10), CSCv7|5.1

Plugin: Unix

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