Maybe that's not the only place for storing known hosts keys. Is there any
place in /etc/ or something?

What's the actual error message?


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected]>wrote:

> Yeah, we deleted the old keys out of the /root/.ssh/known_hosts file on
> the client side.  Did that several times, actually.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Csaba Toth <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> The SSH keys on the _client_ side got deleted properly?
>>  You know when you first connect to a host you accept it's public key,
>> and it is stored on client side. This is to avoid such fraud that someone
>> swaps out a machine with another one. The two machines won't have the same
>> keypair. I have a feeling that this prevention mechanism kicks in?
>> What's the exact error message?
>>
>> Csaba
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> I would suggest adding "-vvv" to your ssh command.  The debugging
>>> information will generally show you where the error lies.  If that
>>> doesn't get it, you can also change the LogLevel in
>>> /etc/ssh/sshd_config from INFO (default) to DEBUG, restart sshd, and
>>> look at your system logs.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I regenerated the server SSH keys, which are separate from the root
>>> user SSH
>>> > keys:
>>> >
>>> > ssh_host_dsa_key
>>> > ssh_host_key
>>> > ssh_host_rsa_key
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Chris McQuistion <
>>> [email protected]>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Curt, did you run "ssh-keygen -t rsa" to generate the RSA key on this
>>> new
>>> >> server?  Did you include a passphrase when it ran?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks, Dave.  I can reboot one of the clients in the morning,
>>> perhaps
>>> >>> that will clear up the issue.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Curt
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Dave Manginelli
>>> >>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I'm at a client's site so I can't test this or be more specific but
>>> this
>>> >>>> sounds to me like the host key of the "old" machine is cached in
>>> the client
>>> >>>> and it does not match the host key of the machine now residing at
>>> that IP.
>>> >>>> You can test this by using the HostKeyAlias parameter when you
>>> connect from
>>> >>>> the client and setting it to any arbitrary name NOT in actual use
>>> on your
>>> >>>> network.  It should ask you if you accept the new host key and then
>>> connect
>>> >>>> automatically after that as long as the same HostKeyAlias is
>>> supplied.  You
>>> >>>> can fix it by clearing the key for that IP address on the client
>>> but I don't
>>> >>>> remember where it's located and am not able to pursue it right now.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Maybe this will point you in the right direction...
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I've just built a couple of CentOS 6.4 machines, and need to use a
>>> >>>>> no-password RSA key login to root.  No flames please about logging
>>> in as
>>> >>>>> root.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Had it working on both machines, but when I changed the "main" IP
>>> >>>>> address so the new machine could take over for an ailing one, the
>>> login
>>> >>>>> capability was lost.  I can do a password login, but not with the
>>> RSA key.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Thought it might be the server SSH keys, as though they're somehow
>>> tied
>>> >>>>> to IP addresses, so I regenerated them.  No joy.  I've tried
>>> logging in from
>>> >>>>> a couple of different boxes (Linux and Mac), still no joy.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> The other server got built, got its "main" IP address changed, and
>>> is
>>> >>>>> working just fine.  I did a diff between sshd_config on both
>>> machines; the
>>> >>>>> files are identical.
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> I'm scratching my head and it's starting to hurt.  Any ideas?  (I
>>> know,
>>> >>>>> stop scratching.)
>>> >>>>>
>>> >>>>> Curt
>>> >>>>>
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