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Medium EFS · regional

EFS access points should enforce a root directory

Verifies that EFS access points enforce a non-root directory path, preventing clients from accessing the entire file system root.

service
EFS
severity
Medium
scope
evaluated in every region

How to fix it

For instructions on how to enforce a root directory for an Amazon EFS access point, see Enforcing a root directory with an access point in the Amazon Elastic File System User Guide.

  1. Go to the Amazon EFS console.
  2. Create or modify an access point.
  3. Specify a root directory other than /.

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