the primary culprit here is paramiko which is overly picky about some but not all problems with known_hosts files (see bug #658448).
i've added better error handling for this situation to version 0.6.17-3 which will be uploaded later today. regards az -- Alexander Zangerl + GnuPG Keys 0x42BD645D or 0x5B586291 + http://snafu.priv.at/ We know that strict ID laws will stop terrorism, because they have such laws in Spain, which has never suffered any train bombings. -- Ted Schuerzinger
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