Adding Correct Host Key

Manny kcmanny at gmail.com
Sun Feb 20 18:18:41 UTC 2005


Yeah! I just did what the first guy said to do and it worked. All I
did was removed the IP and then I attempted another ssh connection and
it asked to exchange keys. I said "yes" and the connection was
established.


On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 18:47:04 +0100, Angelo Machils
<angelus at sangreal.demon.nl> wrote:
> >
> >
> >I was wondering if anyone knew how to remove a host key and add a new
> >one to .ssh/known_hosts
> >
> >I just recently reinstalled FC3 on one of my systems. I previously had
> >an ssh connection established, but after I reinstalled I imagine it
> >was wiped away. So my question is...How do I re-establish my ssh
> >connection to that host?
> >
> >Is it as simple as going into .ssh/ and doing:
> >rm known_hosts
> >
> 
> Don't remove the whole file, only the line where the key is for that
> particular system. After your reinstall the system generated a new key,
> but in the known_hosts file on the system where you initiate the ssh
> connection there is still the old key. They don't match, so you don't
> connect :)
> 
> Regards, Angelo
> 
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