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# Ensure Etcd Data Directory Permissions Are Restrictive

### More Info:

Ensure that the etcd data directory has permissions of 700 or more restrictive.

### Risk Level

High

### Address

Security

### Compliance Standards

* CIS Kubernetes

### Triage and Remediation

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    ### Remediation

    <AccordionGroup>
      <Accordion title="Using Console" defaultOpen="true">
        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 %a /var/lib/etcd Verify that the permissions are 700 or more restrictive.
      </Accordion>
    </AccordionGroup>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

### 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)