[ec2] [ubuntu-ec2] Ubuntu user question

Eric Hammond esh at ubuntu.com
Fri Dec 11 20:37:49 GMT 2009


John:

By default, the "ubuntu" account is locked and cannot be accessed (or
sudo'd) with a password.

--
Eric Hammond



John Ward wrote:
> Hi,
> I've done something daft on an ami-80c0e8f4 instance.
> 
> I changed the sudoers file to include those in the admin group, but
> forgot to say nopassword required. As a result now when I do sudo with
> user ubuntu I get prompted for a password. Anyone know what it is?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 



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