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I've read through the existing answers to this topic, but I still can't seem to connect. I've created an AWS key and saved to my ~/.ssh folder.

The command:

ssh -i ~/.ssh/jdrake.pem [email protected] -v

results in:

OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8r 8 Feb 2011 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to ec2-75-101-217-120.compute-1.amazonaws.com [75.101.217.120] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /Users/jdrake/.ssh/jdrake.pem type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7 pat OpenSSH* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server->client aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client->server aes128-ctr hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST(1024<1024<8192) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Host 'ec2-75-101-217-120.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /Users/jdrake/.ssh/known_hosts:6 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /Users/jdrake/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: Trying private key: /Users/jdrake/.ssh/jdrake.pem debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey).

I've also tried different users (ubuntu, root, jdrake) without success. I am on OSX.

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  • You may have better luck getting help with this on the Amazon EC2 forum... or on ServerFault... Commented Jul 19, 2011 at 19:59
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    I gave up and tried a different image. That worked. It must have been the username, even though I tried a bunch. Commented Jul 20, 2011 at 1:52
  • Can you close and/or delete the question please ? If you close it, you can probably reply to the question and mark the answer as correct. Commented Mar 10, 2014 at 17:06

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From the logs above you are connecting to an Ubuntu machine:

 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7

Therefore the default username for that box will be ubuntu, not ec2-user which is only for Amazon Linux.

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  • Cool. Please note that the question was asked years ago, so the server has likely been decomissioned by now. Thanks for the effort, anyway :-) Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 17:43
  • Ah good point - I'll be more careful to check the date first! Thanks Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 8:42
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Closing this because it was 3 years ago and I don't remember the final solution.

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  • o_O You know, you could have just accepted the answer of the dude who was honestly trying to help. Just saying... Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 13:00
  • I'm definitely grateful for the answer (thanks @jas_raj!), but my question includes "I've also tried different users (ubuntu, root, jdrake) without success". Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 14:14

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