[lug] ssh warning

[dan radom]

delete the entry in ~/.ssk/known_hosts (or known_hosts2) for that host.  this means that the public key on the host you're connecting to has changed.

dan

* Glenn Murray (gmurray at Mines.EDU) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I tried to ssh to my cvs server this morning I was told:
> 
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @    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.
> Please contact your system administrator.
> Add correct host key in /home/glenn/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
> 
> I am not the administrator on the server and I am not sure what to do.
> Does this mean that the administrators on the server changed
> something?  Does it mean I have been hacked?  Who is responsible for
> the RSA host key?