That still allows the host key to be permanently stored, and if it doesn't
match an already stored key then you get a warning message but the
connection continues to be established.
Incidentally, with openssh the man page says that one of the agruments to
StrictHostKeyChecking can be "ask". I couldn't get this to work.
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Howard. LANNet Computing Associates <http://lannetlinux.com>
_____________________________________________________________
"We needn't, as socialists, get too concerned about privacy;
it's a bourgeois right, closely allied to the right to private property".
- Former Federal Health Minister Neal Blewett,
addressing the Fabian Society in 1988 in relation to the Australia Card issue.
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, John Clarke wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:11:26AM +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to prevent the ssh client from permanently storing the
> > remote host public key when it makes a connection to that remote
> > host for the first time? The manpage does not give any indication.
>
> Try `StrictHostKeyChecking no' in ssh_config, or `-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
> on the command line.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
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