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# Ensure Etcd Data Directory Ownership Is Etcd

### More Info:

Ensure that the etcd data directory ownership is set to etcd:etcd

### Risk Level

Medium

### Address

Security

### Compliance Standards

* CIS Kubernetes

### Triage and Remediation

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    ### Remediation

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        On the etcd server node, get the etcd data directory, passed as an argument --datadir, from the below command: ps -ef | grep etcd Run the below command (based on the etcd data directory found above). For example, stat -c %U:%G /var/lib/etcd Verify that the ownership is set to etcd:etcd.
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### Additional Reading:

* [https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/op-guide/configuration.html#data-dir](https://coreos.com/etcd/docs/latest/op-guide/configuration.html#data-dir)