[Wylug-help] ssh problems in re-install

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 03 February 2009 15:04:44 John Hodrien wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > After the problems I had last week I had to reinstall.  I copied back all
> > my files from the temporary drive and crossed my fingers.  Most things
> > are fine, but I have ssh problems.  It keeps telling me that the key on
> > the server (the one that failed) has changed.  It's possible that the
> > backup I used did not have the right key, but I doubt it.  Anyway,
> > whatever the reason, I now need to sort it out.
>
> If /etc/ssh/ssh_host* isn't as it was before the reinstall then you'll get
> this.
>
> > Is the best thing to remove the keys and known-hosts file, on both the
> > client and server, then create new keys and start again?
>
> Just remove it from known_hosts.  That's it.
>
Thanks.  I'll do that.

Anne
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