[ec2-beta] Startup error?

[Toni Grigoriu]

to remove the entry from the known_hosts file:

~$ ssh-keygen -R your.ec2.instance.host

On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Don Coleman <don.coleman at gmail.com> wrote:
> You're seeing this because Amazon is reusing a hostname from a
> previous ec2 run.  The new VM has different ssh keys. I just delete
> the line from ~/.ssh/known_hosts and ssh in again.
>
> On May 3, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Micah Walter <micahwalter at me.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Sometimes when I spin up a new instance I get this error message when
>> trying to ssh or scp for the first time...
>>
>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>> @    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
>> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>> IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
>> Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle
>> attack)!
>> It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
>> The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
>>
>>
>> There is more info that I didn't copy there... anyway, it seems like
>> this happens when I try to ssh or scp to the new instance too quickly.
>> However, once I get this message I am pretty sure that I am not able
>> to log into this instance and I have to terminate it and begin again.
>> I haven't really tested this to see if I just need to wait it out a
>> little longer... In the AWS Console it says that my instance is
>> running...
>>
>> anyone else seen this? I am getting this on both the older beta i386
>> image for Intrepid as well as the newer RC1..
>>
>> -micah
>>
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-toni