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I have created two directory for new build linux server & each directory is 200GB in size and will be used for DB . security team did scan they found vulnerability as ” No nodev option set to directory”. I tried with “”mount -o remount,nodev /mountpoint”” but nodev is not being added in /etc/fstab .
Is it good to add nodev option to DB folder and how I can do this ??
Will unmount the directory and append the line with nodev in /etc/fstab file and remount again will work.
I am new to linux and need help on this topic
thanks in advance
Running mount does not modify /etc/fstab. It merely remounts the filesystem with the new option, valid until it’s remounted with another option, or through a reboot.
You’ll have to manually edit /etc/fstab to include nodev.
If you’re unsure of the format, please run man fstab. The fourth field of fstab contains options.