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Re: Subject: network-console installation and ssh keys



On 2015-04-14, David Wright <david@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> I like the new Network Console option in the installer.
> However, when I reinstall Debian onto a machine called, say, desk
> select the necessary options, type in the password for the
> installer session, and then sit back with a machine called, lap,
> when I type   ssh installer@desk   I get the usual
>
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @    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 a host key has just been changed.
> The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
>
> because the installer has generated and is running with fresh keys.
> (I frequently connect from lap to desk and vice versa and so
> have authorised_keys as well as know_hosts there.)
>
> What do most people do here?
>
> Cheers,
> David.

Put the following in ~/.ssh/config:

Host desk
	UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null
	StrictHostKeyChecking no

See the man page of ssh_config for details.

-- 

Liam



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