Issue Wordpress Edition (AWS) accounts

[Geoff]

Hi,

I may seem like a daft question. I am 100% new to AWS and images etc. However, I expected that once the image was create I would have full root access, not a user account called 'centos'. Is there a default Root account password? I need to create additional accounts with elevated privileges and I feel a little stuck.

Am I being thick?

Thanks in advance!

 

[IgorG]

Due to security restrictions on AWS instances, the command sudo is used for obtaining root privileges.
The password for the user root is not set by default.

 

[MarkM]

^ what Igor said.

AWS EC2 doesn't have root user enabled by default, but you can enable it.

To do so;

- Connect to user via ssh
- Gain root with sudo command
- Set root password with passwd command OR apply public key to authorized_keys
- Modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set PermitRootLogin yes, as well as allow PasswordAuthentication if needed
- Reload ssh service