On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > John: > > There's a command ssh-keygen. Read it's man page, as there's a bit to do > to set ssh up properly. > > Once you've generated your keys, and copied the public ones where they > need to go, you'll still see a message like the one you posted the first > time you connect. Simply say "yes" to add the machine. Thereafter, you > won't see this message again until you upgrade one of the two systems, at > which time you'll be doing this all over again The keygen is only if RSA-keyauthentication si requred and needs you to copy the public-key to the authorized_keys file on the remote host. > (or you'll get smart and just backup /etc/ssh/* before hand, and then > restore those files after your upgrade). no, if you update the local system you won't see this. Unless there's a protocol-change (protocol 1 to 2 i.e.). > The knownhosts file in your $HOME/.ssh/ directory is where thesze things > will be written, so if one stops working, open that file and delete the > line that points to the machine that isn't working anymore. That will > bring up the same "unauthenticated" message, and you're off to the races > again. indeed. > Isn't this world a friendly place? Not. > Sometimes, I miss the good old days, not so many years ago, where it was > reasonable to not lock one's doors--even in fairly large cities. yeah well, as long as ssh is around you can at least pretent to communicate in a save way >-:> > On Wed, > 14 Aug 2002, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Hello, > > When I type > > ssh domain.com > > I get a message saying "host domain.com cannot be authenticated. RSA > > Fingerprint Key is 1124i479878970985. Co you wish to continue? Yes or > > No." I suppose I am supposed to have a complementary key or whatever it is > > caled, but I don't know how to get it. So where do I go from here? > > Thanks. > > John > > > > > > > > -- slainte mhaith (good health), slainte (cheers) Uisce Beatha (water of live/health) ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University irc: see webpage for details ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!