Root access amazon ec2

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Published on 2011-02-05T20:57:25Z Indexed on 2011/02/05 23:27 UTC
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Hey guys, I am very new to linux, and amazon-ec2. I wanted to put a quick server. For some reason, when I sign in with my key pair, it prompts me for a username, I input ec2-user, and I'm in. The problem is that I don't have root access (and can't find the root password). I need to install screen to run the server in the background, and also create a new user, that doesn't have root, to run the server. Neither of which I can do without root.. Any help?

Edit: I am using Basic 32-bit Amazon Linux AMI 2010.11.1 Beta as the 'AMI'.

Thanks, Max

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