FreeBSD 11.1 AMI Asks for Password

[Colin Percival]

The user name you need is "ec2-user".

Colin Percival

On 11/14/17 13:29, User wrote:
> Root can't login though ssh. Believe user is FreeBSD by default been a
> while since I used an AMI
> 
> On Nov 14, 2017 3:25 PM, "Sridhar Ayengar" <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I am trying to launch a FreeBSD 11.1 instance.  I create a keypair and
>> download it.  Then I launch the instance.  I try to login with the key and
>> this happens:
>>
>> The authenticity of host 'ec2-34-215-220-77.us-west-2.c
>> ompute.amazonaws.com (34.215.220.77)' can't be established.
>> ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:PqxW+ZTH2XYw8dazEN6xB9H
>> 9EJbYkVJxWu0U+xXBK9A.
>> Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
>> Warning: Permanently added 'ec2-34-215-220-77.us-west-2.c
>> ompute.amazonaws.com,34.215.220.77' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
>> Password for root at ip-172-31-42-111:
>>
>> Any ideas of what might be wrong?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Peace...  Sridhar
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