# update ec2-ami-tools wget http://s3.amazonaws.com/ec2-downloads/ec2-ami-tools.noarch.rpm && rpm -Uvh ec2-ami-tools.noarch.rpm # reset root password dd if=/dev/urandom count=50|md5sum|passwd --stdin root dd if=/dev/urandom count=50|md5sum|passwd --stdin ec2-user # update root ssh keys sleep 40 if [ ! -d /root/.ssh ]; then mkdir -p /root/.ssh chmod 700 /root/.ssh fi wget http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/public-keys/0/openssh-key && cat openssh-key >>/root/.ssh/authorized_keys && chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys rm -f openssh-key