Re: ssh stopped working

[Michael Schmitz <schmitz@mail.biophys.uni-duesseldorf.de>]

> > Oh, in the month or so since I last logged in via the cable modem, the
> > IP address changed, but the machine name didn't (since the cable
> > company puts the hardware address in the machine name), and AFAIK the
> > key didn't.  Could that be part of the problem -- does sshd keep track
> > of hostnames, IPs and keys?
>
> No, only hostnames (check your known_hosts files to make sure). And if it
> was a problem with the host key then it would tell you so in a more
> informative error message.

The remote sshd would be the one to hiccup over the changed IP address,
but only if your machine was in /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts[2].

	Michael