[ec2-beta] document: EC2 Ubuntu sudo Guide

[Michael Greenly]

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> Your statement begs the counter-statement: "It shouldn't do something
> different than every other Ubuntu system unless there's some advantage."


The advantage is that rsync as root would work and that's an extremely
likely activity given what this AMI is and how it will be used.

The problem is that none of the traditional 'sudo' advantages gain you
anything at this point in this AMIs life cycle.

This AMI doesn't represent a finished product that some one will login to
and use for anything.

It represents a blank slate that's a starting point from which a server will
be configured and then re-bundled.

Had it been my decision it would have allowed root log in just like all
other Linux AMIs.  Then I would of provide a connivance script to disable
root login and instructions to use it prior to bundling.

This would have allowed all the conventional EC2 wisdom to just work and
once the server was being used it would operate as an Ubuntu user/admin
would expect.

By the way...

I am an Ubuntu user who also happens to be using EC2.  It's not the other
way around.  I've been using Ubuntu since it's first release and was using
Debian for years before that.




-- 
Michael Greenly
http://blog.michaelgreenly.com
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