Question: How Do I Change the Default User in Linux?

How do I change the default user in Ubuntu?

To put it all together:

1. At the start screen press Ctrl + Alt + F1 .
2. Log in using your username and password.
3. Set a password for the “root” account. …
4. Log out. …
5. Log in using the “root” account and the password you have previously set.
6. Change the username and the home folder to the new name that you want.

What is the default user in Linux?

Each Linux instance launches with a default Linux system user account. The default user name is determined by the AMI that was specified when you launched the instance. For Amazon Linux 2 or the Amazon Linux AMI, the user name is ec2-user . For a CentOS AMI, the user name is centos .