Kubernetes : hostPath storage permissions
I think the problem you are encountering is not related to the user or group (your pod definition does not have RunAsUser spec, so by default it is run as root), but rather to the SELinux policy. In order to mount a host directory to the pod with rw permissions, it should have the following label: svirt_sandbox_file_t . You can check the current SElinux label with the following command: ls -laZ <your host directory> and change it with chcon -Rt svirt_sandbox_file_t <your host directory>.