On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 20:54 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2007-04-27 at 12:10 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Package: openssh-client > > Version: 1:4.3p2-9 > > Severity: normal > > > > When trying to connect to a new system I got (with some obscuring) > > $ ssh somewhere > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > [...] > > Add correct host key in /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this > > message. > > Offending key in /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts:140 > > RSA host key for 0.1.2.3 has changed and you have requested strict checking. > > Host key verification failed. ... > The error message indicates that the key causing the problem is on line > 140 of /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts. There is no file being created (or > failing to be created) - it's simply telling you that the key currently > on that line of the file does not match the host you're connecting to > (because they're not the same host, as you indicated :-) Ah! That was a silly misunderstanding on my part. However, so that others could avoid a similar fate, perhaps something like
Replace the key [starting?] at line 140 of /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts with the new one, if you trust the new one, to avoid this warning. in place of Add correct host key in /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending key in /home/ross/.ssh/known_hosts:140 would be clearer. I also suspect that if StrictKeyChecking=No then simply deleting the offending key will work too. But that's a bit long for a help message. I managed quite a few misreadings "Offending key" = "remote key" "in" = "placed in" "..host:140" = a file name (I regularly use gdb and emacs, and still didn't get it...). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
