kubectl auth

Inspect access permissions in a Kubernetes cluster. More information: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands#auth.

• Check if the current user can perform all actions on all resources in a specific namespace:

kubectl auth can-i '*' '*' {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

• Check if the current user can perform a specific verb on a specific resource:

kubectl auth can-i {{verb}} {{resource}} {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}

• Check if a specific user or service account can perform an action on a resource:

kubectl auth can-i {{verb}} {{resource}} {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}} --as {{user_or_sa}}

• List all actions the current user is allowed to perform in a namespace:

kubectl auth can-i --list {{[-n|--namespace]}} {{namespace}}