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Re: ssh-keygen



On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 01:16 -0400, KS wrote:
> Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 00:40 -0400, KS wrote:
> >> The warning had following in it, is the :3 in the end the line number?
> >>
> >> Add correct host key in /home/foobar/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this
> >> message.
> >> Offending key in /home/foobar/.ssh/known_hosts:3
> > 
> > Line number 3.
> > 
> > Remove that current line and you should be good.
> > 
> > Cheers.
> 
> Thanks. But I think ssh-keygen method is more elegant even though both
> routes end up at the same place.

Matter of opinion. What happens when you don't *HAVE* ssh-keygen,
because some admin is paranoid? In fact you can only do pass through
(ssh -A) to another machine. This happens regularly on an "ssh gateway".

Just make sure you understand why I mentioned it.
-- 
greg, greg@gregfolkert.net

Novell's Directory Services is a competitive product to Microsoft's
Active Directory in much the same way that the Saturn V is a competitive
product to those dinky little model rockets that kids light off down at
the playfield. -- Thane Walkup

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