It is indeed TZ-related. Any timezone <= UTC will work. UTC+n will fail.
Current default time zone: 'Europe/Paris' Local time is now: Mon Sep 21 14:27:25 CEST 2009. Universal Time is now: Mon Sep 21 12:27:25 UTC 2009. $ euca-describe-images Warning: failed to parse error message from AWS: <unknown>:1:0: syntax error EC2ResponseError: 403 Forbidden Failure: 403 Forbidden $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Current default time zone: 'Europe/London' Local time is now: Mon Sep 21 13:19:30 BST 2009. Universal Time is now: Mon Sep 21 12:19:30 UTC 2009. ubu...@ubuntu:~$ sudo service eucalyptus-cloud restart * Stopping Eucalyptus Cloud Controller [ OK ] * Starting Eucalyptus Cloud Controller eucalyptus-cloud [ OK ] ubu...@ubuntu:~$ euca-describe-images Warning: failed to parse error message from AWS: <unknown>:1:0: syntax error EC2ResponseError: 403 Forbidden Failure: 403 Forbidden $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Current default time zone: 'Etc/UTC' Local time is now: Mon Sep 21 12:16:37 UTC 2009. Universal Time is now: Mon Sep 21 12:16:37 UTC 2009. $ sudo service eucalyptus-cloud restart * Stopping Eucalyptus Cloud Controller [ OK ] * Starting Eucalyptus Cloud Controller eucalyptus-cloud [ OK ] $ euca-describe-images IMAGE eri-96A8139C ramdisk/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 ramdisk IMAGE eri-96A71399 ramdisk/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 ramdisk IMAGE eki-448E1260 kernel/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 kernel $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Current default time zone: 'US/Pacific' Local time is now: Mon Sep 21 05:18:26 PDT 2009. Universal Time is now: Mon Sep 21 12:18:26 UTC 2009. $ sudo service eucalyptus-cloud restart * Stopping Eucalyptus Cloud Controller [ OK ] * Starting Eucalyptus Cloud Controller eucalyptus-cloud [ OK ] $ euca-describe-images IMAGE eri-96A8139C ramdisk/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 ramdisk IMAGE eri-96A71399 ramdisk/initrd.img-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 ramdisk IMAGE eki-448E1260 kernel/vmlinuz-2.6.31-10-generic.manifest.xml admin available public x86_64 kernel -- Registering images gives 403 Forbidden https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/431847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to eucalyptus in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs