How to SFTP on Amazon EC2
I installed Amazon AMI 1.0 and logged in as ec2-user with key.
Then I ssh and set a password with sudo passwd ec2-user
But now when I connect via SFTP I get: Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available.
I use elastic IP and username ec2-user to connect.
If your SFTP program is able to use public keys it is possible to use the service without password.
setup a passwd if run $sudo bash it will take to root #
sudo -s is permanent su, from there it is possible to use passwd.
If you absolutely need to SFTP in as root, Juan Hernandez's answer on StackOverflow will help:
The message "Please login as the ec2-user user rather than root user." is displayed because a command is executed when you login with the private key. To remove that command edit
~/.ssh/authorized_keysfile and remove the command option.
Thanks Juan!