EULA Agreement broken

We just bought a server today running debian 8.1, but when i start up the server it just says
"You need to agree to the EULA in order to run the server. Go to eula.txt for more info." but clearly i have accepted the eula agreement
http://gyazo.com/348aeaf68a541af77c646f34baa9bb95

also it wont create the eula if i delete the file. something is bugged, i have tried changing permissions and everything, what do i do?

 

Make sure the server is stopped.
Delete eula.txt.
Create a new text file named eula.txt in the server's root directory.
In that, type only eula=true.
Save and upload.
Start server.
If you're still having errors, Post your latest.log on http://pastebin.com/ and link it here.

Also, I'm curious about how you spent $150 on a server. Did you rent out an entire machine? Or did you buy hosting from a Minecraft host with a preposterous amount of RAM?