How To Get root Access To An AWS Instance At Launch
erics, August 3rd, 2011
First use SSH to login as the ec2-user:
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ssh -i AWSKeyPair.pem ec2-user@{NewHostName} % sudo su - # |
erics@zeus:/Users/erics # ssh -i foo.pem ec2-user@thehost.foo Last login: Tue Nov 19 20:28:19 2013 from foo.bar __| __|_ ) _| ( / Amazon Linux AMI ___|\___|___| https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/2013.09-release-notes/ No packages needed for security; 7 packages available Run “sudo yum update” to apply all updates. [ec2-user@xyz ~]$ sudo su […]