title: Transferring AWS Root Account access when MFA is enabled
body: <p>I have been managing an AWS account for about a year. Typical "<em>best practices</em>" security setup:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>1 Root Account</li>
  <li>Multiple non-Root accounts, including the one I use on a daily basis</li>
  <li>All accounts using MFA (I personally use the Google Authenticator app)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I would like to now transfer "ownership" of this entire AWS account (Root account &amp; all) to someone else. While I can certainly give them the username + password to login as Root, they will need MFA setup as well.</p>
  
  <p>The only way I can think of handling this is to:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Disable MFA on the Root account</li>
  <li>Give them the logins for the Root account</li>
  <li>Trust that they will re-enable MFA as soon as possible</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Does the AWS web console provide any better solutions? I'm not even sure if its <em>possible</em> to disable MFA on an account (let alone Root) once its set...</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance!</p>