hi chuck, thanks for your information. i was quite hesistant to delete that line, that was why i wanted some confirmation. it is already ok now.
this is not eve. sorry eve :) it just happen that i have the same problem that moment, and while taking some break, i happen to read this thread. that was why i asked as to how i would modify the known_hosts file. donald --- chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Donald Duckie wrote: > > I got this error message as shown below . . . > > How do I change the /root/.ssh/known_hosts file? > > It seems encrypted . . . > > Hi, Donald: > > The file is not encripted, but it contains an > encription key for > each remote hostname. There is a line for each > 'ssh' host that > you have sucessfully connected. If the remote > 'host' has changed > its encription key and you already have a line with > the old > encription key, 'ssh' will fail with that message. > > Solution: > > Use a 'text' editor and open > /root/.ssh/known_hosts. > Delete the line that starts with the remote > hostname. > Save and exit. (or 'rm known_hosts') > > 'ssh' to that hostname. > Answer 'yes' when prompted. > > HTH, Chuck > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line > "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at > http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at > http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs