-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14.07.2014 18:34, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > FWIW, I find the idea of setting a non priv user on cloud images > like this a kind of strange security theater, but it seems everyone > is doing it now. ;( +1 I'm really not getting this "oh we disable root for security but we enable a user (not called root) to run every command on the system with root privileges and without the need of a password" this is in no way safer than root access. also: default usernames can be looked up on the web(e.g. on this ML) so you don't even get some obfuscation by a different username than root. I really see no reason for this change beside "everyone is doing it!1". Also cloud-init should work perfectly with root enabled. After all it's a system to change a system at first boot to suite _your_ needs (as a user), so you should be able to pick any username and sudoers config you may want. kind regards Sven -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJTxC0iAAoJEAq0kGAWDrqlXh8MAIcbUo7rIzTdiDu3BqjRqtiP XOkshfFFjNbpt2bGEcs4GQgaXremCBpxU/+httQ6abOzdBXHtId+4YzoQv1uHNgL 2nkR+LSPEVzbCDMB910F9QpYXOnikLdqbjSIH47DYQ+03xYU3snnDJybnc1Bcevb 0EDBsnH+oDYfrKY9w4j8LFHIhcsO01tXmVqOAHBrizD0u9mP5+hgN+fYW6w2mkgj Zv9lDbnF6ry+duU8lhxFL+WIP9GyXYK0jG/gMIumSbN5jlPlzt7572CyZBMLIiNs CltHk71jGFdnTSD/xNzYfEalT0hfKNSwKXVZ917OLzez7b5mpM5Hciyp08QThwjh hiuXszYag1aZ38t/jWrqSBpynHZX5woNneM9BIgTFV4rm0vsIhG6LNGz7FZF6K9H 1utXnh3LAbd/LVPn5cSDHNlWgZzr0Y78r1NIKEYyOn/kRdkUrFsiLHIiFpyx+A2m uiZiDFV4frhsmVSaj/fakL7ddDqsboTEUnCpND4vDw== =zlLj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----