Re: Using SSH

[Andor Demarteau <ademarte students cs uu nl>]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:

 > John:
 >
 > There's a command ssh-keygen. Read it's man page, as there's a bit to do
 > to set ssh up properly.
 >
 > Once you've generated your keys, and copied the public ones where they
 > need to go, you'll still see a message like the one you posted the first
 > time you connect. Simply say "yes" to add the machine. Thereafter, you
 > won't see this message again until you upgrade one of the two systems, at
 > which time you'll be doing this all over again
The keygen is only if RSA-keyauthentication si requred and needs you to
copy the public-key to the authorized_keys file on the remote host.


 > (or you'll get smart and just backup /etc/ssh/* before hand, and then
 > restore those files after your upgrade).
no, if you update the local system you won't see this.
Unless there's a protocol-change (protocol 1 to 2 i.e.).

 > The knownhosts file in your $HOME/.ssh/ directory is where thesze things
 > will be written, so if one stops working, open that file and delete the
 > line that points to the machine that isn't working anymore. That will
 > bring up the same "unauthenticated" message, and you're off to the races
 > again.
indeed.

 > Isn't this world a friendly place? Not.
 > Sometimes, I miss the good old days, not so many years ago, where it was
 > reasonable to not lock one's doors--even in fairly large cities.
yeah well, as long as ssh is around you can at least pretent to
communicate in a save way >-:>

 >  On Wed,
 > 14 Aug 2002, John J. Boyer wrote:
 >
 > > Hello,
 > > When I type
 > > ssh domain.com
 > > I get a message saying "host domain.com cannot be authenticated. RSA
 > > Fingerprint Key is 1124i479878970985. Co you wish to continue?  Yes or
 > > No." I suppose I am supposed to have a complementary key or whatever it is
 > > caled, but I don't know how to get it. So where do I go from here?
 > > Thanks.
 > > John
 > >
 > >
 > >
 >
 >

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