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AWS pcs documentation change

Service: pcs · 2026-05-16 · Documentation low

File: pcs/latest/userguide/getting-started_explore.md

Summary

Updated default user reference from Amazon Linux 2 to Amazon Linux 2023 for Session Manager connections

Security assessment

Change only updates the Linux distribution version reference without modifying security practices or addressing vulnerabilities. No evidence of security remediation.

Diff

diff --git a/pcs/latest/userguide/getting-started_explore.md b/pcs/latest/userguide/getting-started_explore.md
index 70d730b13..1cfad6c0e 100644
--- a//pcs/latest/userguide/getting-started_explore.md
+++ b//pcs/latest/userguide/getting-started_explore.md
@@ -15 +15 @@ After you have logged into the cluster, you can run shell commands. For instance
-If you have logged in to the cluster using Session Manager, you may be connected as `ssm-user`. This is an special user that is created for Session Manager. Switch to the default user on Amazon Linux 2 using the following command. You will not need to do this if you connected using SSH.
+If you have logged in to the cluster using Session Manager, you may be connected as `ssm-user`. This is an special user that is created for Session Manager. Switch to the default user on Amazon Linux 2023 using the following command. You will not need to do this if you connected using SSH.