On Saturday 20 Sep 2008 2:29:39 am Andri Möll wrote: > J.Bakshi wrote: > > Dear list, > > > > I have again come to you to discuss one more thing about ssh server in > > debian. The ssh server is running as I have reported earlie rwith > > "Listenaddress" option. But when I check the .ssh/known_host file I have > > become very surprised. In suse the file listed the hosts with IP address; > > but here in debian the file listed the hosts in some encrypted form I > > think. For an example one of the host appear as > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~` > > 1|IJgX5SzPVBU+0HMca+9NUwJ7dbs=|L7VrUguJZVpsie0l8gFmWb0D7dw= ssh-rsa > > AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA4oeNBdcZX/5/ir3GJo/466qO5gfacLX632YiucgBX2Z4X > >cT9FhofPGVF1BTXTp7iS9pwnEeabmilSBsNeUN8BniEbDVi4LpSjggSJP08dBZSm3kqmKT6GVl > >fRshUc+DaXfCJyp3VhNdV0Z3WiMDeUdfMt71r0drNFZ+s+rFZviM= ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Could any one suggest how can I change this to have IP based known_host > > file ? > > > > Thanks > > These are hashed hosts. > > Check out the HashKnownHosts directive in ssh_config(5). > > Many thanks to all of you, I commented the line ****HashKnownHosts yes**** and now I get the desired result. Thanks to all of you to point out this. With best regards. > Andri
