how to check the host key of a server before connecting

May 2, 2012 ... On Linux a successfull ssh connection still stores the host key in the $home/.ssh/known_hosts and you can use this file also under Windows ... ... ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending RSA key in /Users/myoder96/.ssh/known_hosts:13 RSA host key for cees-mazama has changed and you have ... Feb 19, 2016 ... I tried the download functionality; at this point iTerm2 asked me to verify the host key for the host ("First time connecting to..."), which I ... Jan 3, 2020 ... 1 ECDSA host key for 192.168.1.123 has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. Aug 15, 2012 ... The problem is that the A is in SSH known_hosts. When I set ROSLAUNCH_SSH_UNKNOWN=1 everything works, but I do not want to connect to unknown machines. Nov 6, 2023 ... I have set up some ssh connections in Linux myself and have a ' known_hosts ' file in the ~/.ssh folder, see below: Perhaps you can edit that file to remove ... Nov 11, 2020 ... The ssh client stores remote host information in a text file in the .ssh directory which is in the root of the user's home folder. Nov 17, 2021 ... Here's a workaround for ~/.ssh/known_hosts for those running into this: ssh-keyscan -t rsa github.com > ~/.ssh/known_hosts ssh-keyscan -t How do I add the correct host key in the known hosts file on the MARS? BTW, it says I have requested strict checking but if they are referring to the ssl/ssh ... Dec 7, 2013 ... 7 Answers 7 ... You can use ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no to turn off checking known_hosts momentarily. But I'd advise against this. You should ...