The OL 8 file system automounter must be disabled unless required.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-248836	SRG-OS-000114-GPOS-00059	OL08-00-040070	SV-248836r958498_rule	2025-02-20	2

Description
Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

Description

Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check
Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if the automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

ℹ️ Check

Verify the operating system disables the ability to automount devices. Determine if the automounter service is active with the following command: $ sudo systemctl status autofs autofs.service - Automounts filesystems on demand Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/autofs.service; disabled) Active: inactive (dead) If the "autofs" status is set to "active" and is not documented with the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) as an operational requirement, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure OL 8 to disable the ability to automount devices. Turn off the automount service with the following commands: $ sudo systemctl stop autofs $ sudo systemctl disable autofs If "autofs" is required for Network File System (NFS), it must be documented with the ISSO.