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EC2 Linux Provisioning Password Configuration

AMI instances that are running a Linux OS are accessed using SSH. When issuing the ssh command or using an SSH tool such as PuTTY, users must log in to the instance with the private key that was used to start the instance. The Reservation Manager does not make the private key available to end users. The administrator is responsible for providing the private key to end users. The EC2 resource pool determines the private key that is used to start an instance, so you can use multiple private keys at a site. Create separate EC2 resource pools and assign them different private keys to limit access. Supply members of each group with the private key file that has been assigned to the EC2 resource pool to which they have access.

Note: The Linux root password defined with the dpmutil set superuser command is not used for accessing Linux instances.

User Management

You must configure and specify the limits and capabilities of your users.

This sections contains procedures for user configuration.