initial root password on ubuntu beta

Greetings

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EC2StartersGuide

You have to specify the key you generated in step 6 in "Installing the API tools". In this step if followed exactly you got a file named ec2-keypair.pem in the directory you were working.

ssh -i ec2-keypair.pem root@<external-host-name>

This way you will authenticate without a password.

If this doesn't help post he commands you typed and the message.

 I am having the same problem:

I am trying to login to an instance via keypair , it seems to connect - it returns the servers fingerprint- but it keeps asking for the root password.

Here's what I get

afrancis@ajf-ubuntu:~$ ec2-describe-instances

RESERVATION r-8069dae9 052325780344 default
INSTANCE i-09b43d60 ami-814aaee8 ec2-174-129-171-89.compute-1.amazonaws.com domU-12-31-38-00-45-04.compute-1.internal running 0 m1.small 2009-02-05T22:46:11+0000 us-east-1c aki-af14f0c6ari-ac14f0c5

******** I try to login: ********

afrancis@ajf-ubuntu:~$ ssh -i ec2-keypair.pem <email address hidden>

******* it seems to connect*******

The authenticity of host 'ec2-174-129-171-89.compute-1.amazonaws.com (174.129.171.89)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 0f:83:73:c4:9e:4b:c4:6e:fe:54:37:54:2b:39:a7:3a.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? y
Please type 'yes' or 'no': yes
Warning: Permanently added 'ec2-174-129-171-89.compute-1.amazonaws.com,174.129.171.89' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

******but it keeps asking for the root password.

<email address hidden>'s password:
Permission denied, please try again.
<email address hidden>'s password:

Why would ssh -i ask for a password ?

Any ideas?

Thanks

afrancis7

OK I got it working and and ssh -i logs in now .

The problem was i wasn't specifying the -k option when running ec2-run-instances.

for anyone else that it may help:

This works : ec2-run-instances ami-2e5fba -k ec2-keypair

This does not: ec2-run-instances ami-2e5fba
( it will start an instance , but with no keypair so you won't be able to login).

If you look at my post above , you will notice that in the output from "ec2-describe instances" , --right after the word 'running' there is no keypair specified -- so that's why it would n't let me log in.

afrancis7

If my answer still didn't help , check out
http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?messageID=103922&#103922