Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:22:04 +0000 From: Jonathan Adams <jfadams1963@proton.me> To: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AWS Message-ID: <uzHH-c4EtvTS2MzTyJihAkwOQfMHSpmbh7V7x4O3XOZNDVRnAypBLbCbF6GPAwcxDNjp8wmyenJWmXRwOrTCZqKb8Bvav1D7SY7nWyJcnoc=@proton.me> 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>
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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 <pete@nomadlogi= c.org> 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--
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