On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Christoph Egger <christoph_eg...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 10.11.13 08:52, schrieb Abhinav Upadhyay: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to run NetBSD in AWS. I have tried launching instances >> with 3 different NetBSD AMIs (6.1.2, 6.1.1, and 6.0), all 64 bit >> variants. However, upon starting up the instance, I am unable to >> connect to it using ssh. Port 22 is open in the security group >> configurations. >> >> I tried to probe the ports open in the instance using nmap. As per >> nmap, only port 25 is open in the instance. >> >> [abhinav:~/]$ nmap -Pn ec2-54-200-58-185.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com >> >> Starting Nmap 6.40 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-11-10 12:56 IST >> Nmap scan report for ec2-54-200-58-185.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com >> (54.200.58.185) >> Host is up (0.0027s latency). >> Not shown: 999 filtered ports >> PORT STATE SERVICE >> 25/tcp open smtp >> >> I tried connecting to port 22 using telnet as well, which failed >> (telnet connection on port 25 passed). Is it possible that sshd is not >> being started on the instance? >> >> Regards >> Abhinav > > Have you add the same ssh key to ssh-agent for publickey auth > you have used to start the NetBSD instance? > This is one of the most common mistakes. > > Unless the problem is NetBSD specific I think the AWS Forums are > the right places to get help.
Yes, I am using the correct key pair. Even if I had the wrong key, the telnet to port 22 should have succeeded. I will ask on AWS forums as well. Regards Abhinav