Fixing Files on the Root EBS Volume of an EC2 Instance · Alestic.com - A Personal AWS Blog by Eric HammondYou can examine and edit files on the root EBS volume on an EC2 instance even if you are in what you considered a disastrous situation like: You lost your ssh key or forgot your password You made a mistake editing the /etc/sudoers file and can no longer gain root access with sudo to fix it Your long running instance is hung for some reason, cannot be contacted, and fails to boot properly You need
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