aws workspaces linux user contains dangling character

Question

hi from Spain!
Iv'e configured a Linux workspace and, when prompted for a username I wrote "qa", but the actual username created was "CORP\qa".
The problem is that the added backslash can be annoying and make some scripts to fail. For instance, configuring a Github Actions self-hosted runner as a service, fails because the service unit created uses a wrong username "CORPqa"
Is there any way of removing the "CORP" and let the username just be "qa"?
Thanks!

Answer

thanks for your answer!
But I'm using a linux machine, why would I need AD? Where does windows fit here?
I mean, what caught my eye of workspaces is that you can easily setup and connect to a linux machine. After playing with it and taking the decision of using it, I started to see that Github scripts fail to register a service break because of that character.

Answer

Amazon WorkSpaces requires Active Directory, so the identity will always be DOMAIN\username. If you remove CORP from the identity, you break the service.

aws workspaces linux user contains dangling character

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