Network again!

[Tony Arnold]

Brian,

Brian Astill wrote:
> On Monday 28 May 2007 17:32, Tony Arnold wrote:
>> Is basic ssh connectivity working? What happens if you connect
>> using the ssh client? Does it authenticate OK? If not, try
>> adding some -v's to the command line and take a look at the
>> output.
> 
> I think this describes the problem, but I haven't a clue how to 
> solve it.

Edit .ssh/known_hosts on the client machine and delete the first line
(note lines are quire long so may wrap). Delete all the lines if you are
not sure.

The first time you run ssh, it will ask you to confirm the key of the
remote machine. Just say yes and all should be weel from then on.

Regards,
Tony.

> sudo ssh -e none -l bra -p 22 192.168.1.2
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @    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
> 08:98:f6:32:35:45:55:ce:ec:f3:c6:c6:73:db:8e:3d.
> Please contact your system administrator.
> Add correct host key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this 
> message.
> Offending key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:1
> RSA host key for 192.168.1.2 has changed and you have requested 
> strict checking.
> Host key verification failed.
> 

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