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AWS fsx medium security documentation change

Service: fsx · 2025-03-23 · Security-related medium

File: fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/managing-resources-ontap-apps.md

Summary

Removed references to using 'fsxadmin' user for SSH access to SVM management endpoints, now only allowing 'vsadmin'

Security assessment

The removal of 'fsxadmin' as an allowed SSH user indicates a security hardening measure to reduce potential attack surface. This change directly modifies authentication methods, suggesting mitigation of risks associated with multiple privileged accounts.

Diff

diff --git a/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/managing-resources-ontap-apps.md b/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/managing-resources-ontap-apps.md
index dc6c8cd32..05f91152a 100644
--- a/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/managing-resources-ontap-apps.md
+++ b/fsx/latest/ONTAPGuide/managing-resources-ontap-apps.md
@@ -134 +134 @@ To see a list of the commands that `fsxadmin` can run, use the following [`secur
-You can access the ONTAP CLI on your SVM by establishing a secure shell (SSH) connection to the SVM's management endpoint using either the `fsxadmin` or the `vsadmin` user name and password. You can find the SVM's management endpoint **DNS name** and **IP address** in the Amazon FSx console, in the **Endpoints** panel of the **Storage virtual machines** details page, shown in the following graphic.
+You can access the ONTAP CLI on your SVM by establishing a secure shell (SSH) connection to the SVM's management endpoint using the `vsadmin` user name and password. You can find the SVM's management endpoint **DNS name** and **IP address** in the Amazon FSx console, in the **Endpoints** panel of the **Storage virtual machines** details page, shown in the following graphic.
@@ -138 +138 @@ You can access the ONTAP CLI on your SVM by establishing a secure shell (SSH) co
-To connect to the SVM's management endpoint with SSH, you can use either the `vsadmin` or `fsxadmin` username and password. If you did not set a password for the `vsadmin` user when the SVM was created, you can set the `vsadmin` password at anytime. For more information, see [Updating storage virtual machines (SVM)](./updating-svms.html). You can SSH into the SVM from a client that is in the same VPC as the file system, using the management endpoint IP address or DNS name.
+To connect to the SVM's management endpoint with SSH, you can use the `vsadmin` username and password. If you did not set a password for the `vsadmin` user when the SVM was created, you can set the `vsadmin` password at anytime. For more information, see [Updating storage virtual machines (SVM)](./updating-svms.html). You can SSH into the SVM from a client that is in the same VPC as the file system, using the management endpoint IP address or DNS name.