I’m having inexplicable trouble connecting to my EC2 instance. I’m using the below, and no solution seems to quite be working properly. Thank you very, very much for your time!
ssh -v -i MikesKeyPair.pem ec2-user@ec2-54-83-106-238.compute-1.amazonaws.com OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for * debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 102: Applying options for * debug1: Connecting to ec2-54-83-106-238.compute-1.amazonaws.com [54.83.106.238] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file MikesKeyPair.pem type -1 debug1: identity file MikesKeyPair.pem-cert type -1 debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.2 debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.3 debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.3 pat OpenSSH_5* 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: Server host key: RSA 5f:f1:86:8e:86:aa:94:43:a6:fe:16:68:be:6c:e7:ee debug1: Host 'ec2-54-83-106-238.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is known and matches the RSA host key. debug1: Found key in /Users/goldnuggets/.ssh/known_hosts:1 debug1: ssh_rsa_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: Roaming not allowed by server debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering RSA public key: /Users/goldnuggets/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic debug1: Trying private key: MikesKeyPair.pem debug1: read PEM private key done: type RSA debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic).
Answer
You really need to check on the server for what sshd is logging but with the info provided my initial guess would be that the server is rejecting the keys. As to why – see the server logs it initially I’d guess incorrect permissions.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Goldnuggets , Answer Author : user9517
