From nobody Wed Dec 13 10:22:04 2023 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Sqs3l10SBz53Y6s for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfadams1963@proton.me) Received: from mail-4316.protonmail.ch (mail-4316.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.16]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "protonmail.com", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4Sqs3k5w2nz4QHc for ; Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:22:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfadams1963@proton.me) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=ghjggb5x5zdwhlxvyyjaxi3gzu.protonmail; t=1702462928; x=1702722128; bh=9d7uLDHrlQwxhahI5MxNb1ieWw9yF319oYQLFDJTs84=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=JkndBY4Idv/M3d6P7oFeYKnSx6YdKs/OHXFYuMzZUwxDSdBSxEc9KeJf4qCDs1kFd Mb4NdQUaoFAz9KuhRPXef0eRP64Sus+QmCbO1f2gA8aw7tmq30zHlNLLRZuh7o2b+P BUVuCVkzTs5d4uwpqeB8Ie79E6HWH0sZxua5GCkQLpxhgpg4pl+7xZy8Fu0eUBLXDw VNG9S1z+/TXNQKFBr12/HDbjKoAIH2ZvTAnnX6OmTCHzry5aap3jHdONb/JXdiQ8CQ qYsVCqo2kPJ3AwitJgNIgyuBaR6Tfzhy3Gl/jG9bU5B1dE/DSFsuCf7Rd1ZD2gVEN1 nxLParmsjs/qQ== Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:22:04 +0000 To: Pete Wright From: Jonathan Adams Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AWS Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <434e0413-1ea1-452d-9deb-a7c3c3d73c64@nomadlogic.org> References: <9_4Y-B4_f4b46ZQOuGlmKq4RC68VV9p-ejyHPLJYej52dnJn0RnLeC-8Qvw4J9CNg5naH4L7TIGL90RSmTHQ40idG6eRoNhIg1lNUakTm4g=@proton.me> <434e0413-1ea1-452d-9deb-a7c3c3d73c64@nomadlogic.org> Feedback-ID: 80741059:user:proton List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512; boundary="------fa2f564a148740fd86c6d5163bc49afa98296165de796c6f0bba9ca4164314bd"; charset=utf-8 X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:62371, ipnet:185.70.43.0/24, country:CH] X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4Sqs3k5w2nz4QHc This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --------fa2f564a148740fd86c6d5163bc49afa98296165de796c6f0bba9ca4164314bd Content-Type: multipart/mixed;boundary=---------------------2b25b076bf864360e9c7db70d5ab30e5 -----------------------2b25b076bf864360e9c7db70d5ab30e5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 On Wednesday, December 13th, 2023 at 12:31 AM, Pete Wright wrote: > = > 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'v= e created my own user account that conforms to my prejudices and am not us= ing 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 Thanks to everyone who replied, on and off list. Pete's suggestion is not = a bad idea. -=C2=A0Jonathan Adams ____________________________________________ "Before Turing, things were done to numbers. After Turing, numbers began doing things" - George Dyson -----------------------2b25b076bf864360e9c7db70d5ab30e5-- --------fa2f564a148740fd86c6d5163bc49afa98296165de796c6f0bba9ca4164314bd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: ProtonMail wnUEARYKACcFgmV5hbQJkI6O/sbt8r3IFiEEcBGzOO9wDbcpT/10jo7+xu3y vcgAAF4jAQDR1PVNSAZ5oza89CvuTiXgOMhe/A3i8hRAXwhXNnzTXwEAnM7r yIaQPHNJwlcCoGUJSltXuIgl/p7zsUJ7Yfuf9AU= =+gc9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------fa2f564a148740fd86c6d5163bc49afa98296165de796c6f0bba9ca4164314bd--