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AWS pcs documentation change

Service: pcs · 2026-05-01 · Documentation low

File: pcs/latest/userguide/working-with_login-nodes_standalone_get-secret.md

Summary

Added directory permission setting and note about restrictive umask

Security assessment

Documents secure permissions configuration (0755) for secret storage directory to prevent access failures. Addresses potential misconfiguration but not a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/pcs/latest/userguide/working-with_login-nodes_standalone_get-secret.md b/pcs/latest/userguide/working-with_login-nodes_standalone_get-secret.md
index adcf06977..6a080770e 100644
--- a//pcs/latest/userguide/working-with_login-nodes_standalone_get-secret.md
+++ b//pcs/latest/userguide/working-with_login-nodes_standalone_get-secret.md
@@ -15,0 +16,5 @@ Store the cluster secret with the following commands.
+    sudo chmod 0755 /etc/slurm
+
+###### Note
+
+Setting directory permissions to `0755` ensures that the `slurm` user can traverse the directory to access the key file. Some systems may have a restrictive umask that creates directories with more restrictive permissions by default.