[X-Unix] SSH trouble

Chris Ruscio cruscio at cem.uvm.edu
Thu Mar 17 06:47:33 PST 2005


I removed the line and managed to login... thanks :)

As to adding a line though, something multiple people suggested, it 
didn't seem like the kind of file I should be editing by hand. Is there 
a program to add a line to it, or will a text editor work?

Thanks for the help,
Chris


Dan DeRusha wrote:

>It tells you right in the error message what to do.
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>Add correct host key in /Users/[Username]/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of
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>>this message.
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>I would vi the file and remove the line of the offending IP address that you
>are ssh to.
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>On 3/16/05 9:32 PM, "Chris Ruscio" <cruscio at cem.uvm.edu> wrote:
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>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have an old powerMac running behind a router in my dorm room.
>>I set the router to forward port 22 to it.
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>>When I'm on my network with my iBook, I can ssh to it's local IP
>>(192.168.blah.blah). or if the powerMac is pluged right into the wall
>>there's no issues...
>>
>>However, when I ssh to the router's IP from outside the local network, I
>>get the message below...
>>
>>How do I add a key to the known_hosts file? or should i be doing
>>something else to fix things... ???
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Chris
>>
>>[Username]>ssh ###.###.###.###
>>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>>@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
>>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
>>IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
>>Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
>>It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
>>The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
>>13:4c:....:blah:blah:....:9a:30.
>>Please contact your system administrator.
>>Add correct host key in /Users/[Username]/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of
>>this message.
>>Offending key in /Users/[Username]/.ssh/known_hosts:30
>>RSA host key for ###.###.###.### has changed and you have requested
>>strict checking.
>>Host key verification failed.
>>[Username]>
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