Comments on: How to use Secure Shell (SSH) http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-use-secure-shell-ssh/ The pulp of technology Sat, 12 May 2012 22:10:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Harry http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-use-secure-shell-ssh/#comment-118 Harry Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:31:05 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=43#comment-118 One typical scenario where you see such error is when you are working in an environment where DHCP server leases IP addresses to the hosts. The system you are trying to reach with an IP address is not what you accessed before. In such environment, unless DHCP server is intelligent enough to leave same IP to a PC most of the times, it becomes a messy with SSH access. In any case to get rid of it, you can either remove corresponding line in ~/.ssh/known_hosts file. One typical scenario where you see such error is when you are working in an environment where DHCP server leases IP addresses to the hosts. The system you are trying to reach with an IP address is not what you accessed before.

In such environment, unless DHCP server is intelligent enough to leave same IP to a PC most of the times, it becomes a messy with SSH access.

In any case to get rid of it, you can either remove corresponding line in ~/.ssh/known_hosts file.

]]> By: Sara Mithal http://www.techpulp.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-use-secure-shell-ssh/#comment-117 Sara Mithal Sat, 08 Jan 2011 14:07:51 +0000 http://techpulp.com/?p=43#comment-117 Sometimes you see SSH showing invalid fingerprint ..Why is that? Sometimes you see SSH showing invalid fingerprint ..Why is that?

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