Re: sftp issue after updating remote server key

[Jim Franz <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jack,

I did the connect manually with -vvv , and got the fail when checking
known_hosts, but never got a prompt to accept a new key.
Using command ssh-keyscan gave me the new key and i copypaste into
known_hosts (you are right copypaste is bad - 1st time didn't have window
open enough to copy 100% of characters. I do always copy into a text file,
never Word.
Its now working.
Thanks
Jim Franz.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 3:32 PM Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Pasting into known_hosts generally is bad.
> You probably have 2 keys in there for same host.
> If you can identfy those keys remove one or both.
> Better procedure: When they change the key, connect manually and when it
> fails ssh / sftp give you a command to remove the old key.
> Then you connect manually and accept the key.
> Then after that it works.
>
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> Have 1 sftp (we are the client) that still requires a password.
> Was failing on initial connection.
> Their server key changed last week.
> I used ssh-keyscan to get their new key, and copy/paste into known_hosts
>
> Now connecting, but the password code not working
>
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