Re: FreeBSD on AWS
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:31:12 UTC
On 12/12/23 19:36, Jonathan Adams wrote: > Hey folks, > I've just set up a FBSD system on AWS (14.0-RELEASE with ZFS) and I'm wondering about the default user ec2-user. > My question is, can I remove this user with out breaking anything? I've created my own user account that conforms to my prejudices and am not using this default user for anything. > > Thanks in advance! should be fine, this account is tied to the key you instantiated your ec2 instance with. so if you no longer need to use that key and can login with say your own ssh key and have administrative control you should be fine. it may be helpful to keep the account around though, so maybe neuter it by setting the login shell to /usr/sbin/nologin. -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA