I would hardly say that "ec2-user" is standard, it's just what Fedora and Amazon Linux (maybe a few others) have used up to this point. CentOS uses the root account, Ubuntu uses "ubuntu" and Debian is "admin". I like the idea of using "fedora" for all public and private cloud images. -Sam ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Collins (HPCS)" <rbtcollins@xxxxxx> > To: "Fedora Cloud SIG" <cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:34:59 PM > Subject: RE: Default cloud user name > > Fair enough: current Ubuntu doesn't provide a default user at all: either > cloud-init makes it, or it doesn't exist. > > -Rob > > Robert Collins <rbtcollins@xxxxxx> > Distinguished Technologist > HP Cloud Services > > ________________________________________ > From: cloud-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [cloud-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Matthew Miller > [mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Saturday, 25 May 2013 05:59 > To: Fedora Cloud SIG > Subject: Re: Default cloud user name > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 05:45:42PM +0000, Collins, Robert (HPCS) wrote: > > Re: staying as ec2-user for EC2 images : that will be *inconsistent* with > > other distros. I'm pretty sure that Ubuntu uses 'ubuntu' for their EC2 > > images - or has the username driven by cloud metadata. > > Note that we also use cloud-init so the username can be driven by > cloud metadata. The question is what to use as the default when that's not > provided. > > > > -- > Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > _______________________________________________ > cloud mailing list > cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud > _______________________________________________ > cloud mailing list > cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud > _______________________________________________ cloud mailing list cloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/cloud
