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AWS efs documentation change

Service: efs · 2025-05-16 · Documentation low

File: efs/latest/ug/troubleshooting-efs-mounting.md

Summary

Updated documentation links and security group reference in troubleshooting steps

Security assessment

The change corrects a documentation link to security group configuration guidance but does not introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities. Security group configuration is a standard practice, but the change itself is editorial.

Diff

diff --git a/efs/latest/ug/troubleshooting-efs-mounting.md b/efs/latest/ug/troubleshooting-efs-mounting.md
index d52b0d772..5923db396 100644
--- a//efs/latest/ug/troubleshooting-efs-mounting.md
+++ b//efs/latest/ug/troubleshooting-efs-mounting.md
@@ -30 +30 @@ This issue can occur if your NFS client does not have permission to mount the fi
-If you are attempting to mount the file system using IAM, make sure you are using the `-o iam` or -o tls option in your mount command. This tells the EFS mount helper to pass your credentials to the EFS mount target. If you still don't have access, check your file system policy and your identity policy to ensure there are no DENY clauses that apply to your connection, and that there is at least one ALLOW clause that applies to the connection. For more information, see [Using IAM to control file system data access](./iam-access-control-nfs-efs.html) and [Creating file system policies](./create-file-system-policy.html). 
+If you are attempting to mount the file system using IAM, make sure you are using the `-o iam` or -o tls option in your mount command. This tells the EFS mount helper to pass your credentials to the EFS mount target. If you still don't have access, check your file system policy and your identity policy to ensure there are no DENY clauses that apply to your connection, and that there is at least one ALLOW clause that applies to the connection. For more information, see [Using IAM to control access to file systems](./iam-access-control-nfs-efs.html) and [Creating file system policies](./create-file-system-policy.html). 
@@ -158 +158 @@ The file system mount command hangs for a minute or two, and then fails with a t
-This error can occur because either the Amazon EC2 instance or the mount target security groups are not configured properly. Make sure that the mount target security group has an inbound rule that allows NFS access from the EC2 security group. For more information, see [Creating security groups](./accessing-fs-create-security-groups.html).
+This error can occur because either the Amazon EC2 instance or the mount target security groups are not configured properly. Make sure that the mount target security group has an inbound rule that allows NFS access from the EC2 security group. For more information, see [Using VPC security groups](./network-access.html).