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# Ensure Kubelet Service File Ownership Is Root

### More Info:

Ensure that the kubelet service file ownership is set to root:root.

### Risk Level

Low

### Address

Security

### Compliance Standards

* CIS Kubernetes

### Triage and Remediation

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    ### Remediation

    <AccordionGroup>
      <Accordion title="Using Console" defaultOpen="true">
        Automated AAC auditing has been modified to allow CIS-CAT to input a variable for the / of the kubelet service config file. Please set \$kubelet\_service\_config= based on the file location on your system for example: export kubelet\_service\_config=/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/kubeadm.conf To perform the audit manually: Run the below command (based on the file location on your system) on each worker node. For example, stat -c %a /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf Verify that the ownership is set to root:root.
      </Accordion>
    </AccordionGroup>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### Additional Reading:

* [https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/kubelet/](https://kubernetes.io/docs/admin/kubelet/)