Puppet Class: cis_security_hardening::rules::var_nodev

Defined in:
manifests/rules/var_nodev.pp

Summary

Ensure nodev option set on /var partition

Overview

The nodev mount option specifies that the filesystem cannot contain special devices.

Rationale: Since the /var filesystem is not intended to support devices, set this option to ensure that users cannot create a block or character special devices in /var.

Examples:

class { 'cis_security_hardening::rules::var_nodev':
  enforce => true,
}

Parameters:

  • enforce (Boolean) (defaults to: false) —

    Enforcethe rule



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# File 'manifests/rules/var_nodev.pp', line 19

class cis_security_hardening::rules::var_nodev (
  Boolean $enforce = false,
) {
  if ($enforce) and cis_security_hardening::hash_key($facts['mountpoints'], '/var') {
    cis_security_hardening::set_mount_options { '/var-nodev':
      mountpoint   => '/var',
      mountoptions => 'nodev',
    }
  }
}