[ec2-beta] "ubuntu" passwordless sudo

[Paul Cullum]

Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>
>> 2. The ubuntu user is something I have work around since there is a UID 
>> collision with my existing UIDS that I don't have with the alestic or 
>> other AMIs that I've tried.  Once my instance is configured there are 
>> other users but I don't really need the ubuntu user.
>>   
> We strongly prefer the "non-root initial user" approach, but the exact 
> details of that might be flexible. For example, could that be a user 
> YOU specify, so it is in sync with your existing practices, rather 
> than in conflict with them?
>
That would be fine.  Perhaps some of the Ubuntu setup could take place 
AFTER the user data script runs (if there is one) and then the script 
could drop hints that could assist the initial Ubuntu config.  If there 
was some sort of  "API" then that could provide an option for the user 
data script to make some of these choices when ubuntu starts 
(accounts,passwords,packages,etc...). 

Paul