F19 AMI Cloud Images - how to su? (sudo works)

[Haïkel Guémar]

Le 22/10/2013 22:46, Philip Rhoades a écrit :
> People,
>
> Am I forced to use sudo all the time?  Is it possible to "su -" somehow?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.


root account is disabled by default on AMI, you can enable it using 
cloud-init -not recommended-, please add the following lines in you 
user-data:

#cloud-config
  disable_root: 0


best regards,
H.