AWS does not provide root or system privileges for all services. This includes Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
Elastic MapReduce
Elastic BeanStalk
Opswork
AWS does not offer root privileges for managed services such as RDS, DynamoDB and S3, Glacier.
If you need RDS Admin privileges, or want to use features that are not available through RDS, you can choose the Database on EC2 approach. Sample Exam Questions
Which services allow customers to retain full administrative privileges for the underlying EC2 instances Select 2 answersAmazon Elastic map Reduce
Elastic load balance
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Relational Database serviceThis allows root accessElastic Beanstalk
EC2
Opswork
DynamoDb
RDS
S3A client applications require operating system privileges on a relational server. What configuration is best for highly available database architecture? A standalone Amazon EC2 instance
Amazon RDS in a Multi AZ configuration
Amazon EC2 instances in a replication setup utilizing a single Availability zone
Amazon EC2 instances in a replication setup that uses two different Availability Zones
