Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. heat stack-create -f example-ssh-copy-id.yaml example
2. heat stack-abandon example > example-ssh-copy-id.data
3. heat stack-adopt -f example-ssh-copy-id.yaml -a example-ssh-copy-id.data example
[1] example-ssh-copy-id.yaml - http://paste.openstack.org/show/74531/
[2] example-ssh-copy-id.data - http://paste.openstack.org/show/74532/
Exception found in heat cfn api:
2014-03-28 17:50:20.827 DEBUG heat.api.middleware.version_negotiation [-] Processing request: GET /v1/ Accept: */* from (pid=8803) process_request /opt/stack/heat/heat/api/middleware/version_negotiation.py:53
2014-03-28 17:50:20.828 DEBUG heat.api.middleware.version_negotiation [-] Matched versioned URI. Version: 1.0 from (pid=8803) process_request /opt/stack/heat/heat/api/middleware/version_negotiation.py:68
2014-03-28 17:50:20.828 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] Checking AWS credentials..
2014-03-28 17:50:20.829 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] AWS credentials found, checking against keystone.
2014-03-28 17:50:20.830 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] Authenticating with http://10.137.5.112:5000/v2.0/ec2tokens
2014-03-28 17:50:20.831 INFO urllib3.connectionpool [-] Starting new HTTP connection (1): 10.137.5.112
2014-03-28 17:50:20.840 DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool [-] "POST /v2.0/ec2tokens HTTP/1.1" 404 153 from (pid=8803) _make_request /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:296
2014-03-28 17:50:20.841 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] AWS authentication failure.
2014-03-28 17:50:20.842 DEBUG root [-] XML response : <ErrorResponse><Error><Message>User is not authorized to perform action</Message><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Type>Sender</Type></Error></ErrorResponse> from (pid=8803) to_xml /opt/stack/heat/heat/common/wsgi.py:619
2014-03-28 17:50:22.756 DEBUG heat.api.middleware.version_negotiation [-] Processing request: GET /v1/ Accept: */* from (pid=8803) process_request /opt/stack/heat/heat/api/middleware/version_negotiation.py:53
2014-03-28 17:50:22.757 DEBUG heat.api.middleware.version_negotiation [-] Matched versioned URI. Version: 1.0 from (pid=8803) process_request /opt/stack/heat/heat/api/middleware/version_negotiation.py:68
2014-03-28 17:50:22.757 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] Checking AWS credentials..
2014-03-28 17:50:22.758 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] AWS credentials found, checking against keystone.
2014-03-28 17:50:22.759 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] Authenticating with http://10.137.5.112:5000/v2.0/ec2tokens
2014-03-28 17:50:22.760 INFO urllib3.connectionpool [-] Starting new HTTP connection (1): 10.137.5.112
2014-03-28 17:50:22.768 DEBUG urllib3.connectionpool [-] "POST /v2.0/ec2tokens HTTP/1.1" 404 153 from (pid=8803) _make_request /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py:296
2014-03-28 17:50:22.769 INFO heat.api.aws.ec2token [-] AWS authentication failure.
2014-03-28 17:50:22.769 DEBUG root [-] XML response : <ErrorResponse><Error><Message>User is not authorized to perform action</Message><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Type>Sender</Type></Error></ErrorResponse> from (pid=8803) to_xml /opt/stack/heat/heat/common/wsgi.py:619
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/83397