Re: Disabling RSA host key check temporarily

[Chris <racerx@makeworld.com>]

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 02:03:03 +0300
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen@gmail.com> wrote:

> After reinstalling the OS on my desktop, SSHing in gives me this
> error:
> 
> $ ssh -X user@x.x.x.x
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @    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
> 96:49:8f:d9:f4:a5:98:a8:52:f6:c0:d7:d1:58:aa:a0.
> Please contact your system administrator.
> Add correct host key in /home/hardy1/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of
> this message.
> Offending key in /home/hardy1/.ssh/known_hosts:28
> RSA host key for 192.168.0.100 has changed and you have requested
> strict checking.
> Host key verification failed.
> 
> 
> 
> Is there a way to override the check, and to have it accept the new
> key? I went through the SSH manpage and there was no mention of an
> override command.
> 
> Dotan Cohen
> 
> http://what-is-what.com
> http://gibberish.co.il
> 
> 

rm -f /home/hardy1/.ssh/known_hosts

OR

edit the file and remove the instance.

-- 
Best regards,

Chris

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