Re: [PLUG] ssh problem

[Rodney Oliver <roliver3@comcast.net>]

Hi Ron,

cd in to /root/.ssh/known_hosts2 and remove they keys you see there.
Then try to ssh into that box again.  The warning pops up because the
ssh key that was generated after the reinstall is different than what
was used previously to connect to the server.  

On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 11:19 -0700, rekaye1005@earthlink.net wrote:
> rookie mistake.
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> i had multiple workstations/users connect to a RedHat9 “server via
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> i trashed the server and reinstalled from scratch.
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> i can no longer connect from my workstation (RHL7) to the RHL9 server.
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>  WARNING! REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!
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>  SOMEONE MAY BE TRYING SOMETHING NASTY.
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> Remote host identification has changed
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> RSA host key has changed
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> Offending key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts2
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> the file was named known_hosts
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> how can i wipe out all evidence of these connections/keys,
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> in a bit of a fix here.
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> thanks in advance for your help
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> ron
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