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AWS dcv documentation change

Service: dcv · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: dcv/latest/sm-admin/servers.md

Summary

Expanded service user configuration instructions to include macOS

Security assessment

Extends existing administrative privilege configuration to macOS, but does not introduce new security concepts or address vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/dcv/latest/sm-admin/servers.md b/dcv/latest/sm-admin/servers.md
index 70934518a..6dbf78029 100644
--- a//dcv/latest/sm-admin/servers.md
+++ b//dcv/latest/sm-admin/servers.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ You must have a fleet of Amazon DCV servers with which you intend to use Session
-On Linux Amazon DCV servers, Session Manager uses a local service user named `dcvsmagent`. This user is automatically created when the Session Manager agent is installed. You must grant this service user administrator privileges for Amazon DCV so that it can perform actions on behalf of other users. To grant the Session Manager service user administrator privileges, do the following:
+On Linux and macOS Amazon DCV servers, Session Manager uses a local service user named `dcvsmagent`. This user is automatically created when the Session Manager agent is installed. You must grant this service user administrator privileges for Amazon DCV so that it can perform actions on behalf of other users. To grant the Session Manager service user administrator privileges, do the following:
@@ -11 +11 @@ On Linux Amazon DCV servers, Session Manager uses a local service user named `dc
-###### To add the local service user for Linux Amazon DCV servers
+###### To add the local service user for Linux and macOS Amazon DCV servers