Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PuTTY keeps known_host keys in the registry in Winblows. Nuke that > regkey and force PuTTY to re-read and store a new host key for your > server.
Running 'putty -cleanup' in a DOS window will clear out the registry stuff. (from the Putty.hlp file) On Windows, PuTTY stores most of its data (saved sessions, SSH host keys) in the Registry. The precise location is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY and within that area, saved sessions are stored under Sessions while host keys are stored under SshHostKeys. PuTTY also requires a random number seed file, to improve the unpredictability of randomly chosen data needed as part of the SSH cryptography. This is stored by default in your Windows home directory (%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%), or in the actual Windows directory (such as C:\WINDOWS) if the home directory doesn't exist, for example if you're using Win95. If you want to change the location of the random number seed file, you can put your chosen pathname in the Registry, at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\RandSeedFile On Unix, PuTTY stores all of this data in a directory ~/.putty. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
