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Why do I get a 403 error when using s3cmd?
Why do I get a 403 error when using s3cmd?
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Background Information
When using s3cmd on a server instance you get a "403 Forbidden" error
Answer
s3cmd requires your AWS access key and secret access key in order to authenticate to S3. You can do this from the command line:
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=key
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=key
You can obtain your key information from your AWS account at aws.amazon.com.
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