On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:52:33PM -0500, Aria Bamdad wrote: > During a fresh linux install, the installation program seems to generate > a key for SSH and perhaps other applications. If I use this install and > to clone multiple linux images, how do I or do I need to re-generate this > key? It seems to me that if I don't, then they cloned systems would all > have the same key. Is this a problem?
Depends on what you're trying to do. Log in to them via ssh? No problem. Differentiate between them based on host key? Problem. If you care that each host should have a unique host key, regen the key at the machine's first IPL, when you set its network parameters and so forth. Adam
