Have you recieved the below message when you try to ssh or sftp to a UNIX\/LINUX server ?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I hate when it happens while trying to do something really quick. Well I found a easy\u00c2\u00a0 way to fix it \u00c2\u00a0if you have proper access.<\/p>\n
I got this error while trying to sftp to the server spiderweb<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Solution\u00c2\u00a0 1 : spiderweb,101.451.126.15 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAuM5jmqpIlTG\/ If you want to reset the ssh key all you have to do is remove the entry for the server spiderweb. Delete the lines I have hightlited in blue and save. When do sftp or ssh next time, the server will update the file with a new ssh key.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Solution 2: Have you recieved the below message when you try to ssh or sftp to a UNIX\/LINUX server ?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I hate when it happens while trying to do something really quick. Well I found a easy\u00c2\u00a0 way to fix it \u00c2\u00a0if you have proper access. I got this error while trying to sftp to the server […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-container-style":"default","site-container-layout":"default","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-transparent-header":"default","disable-article-header":"default","disable-site-header":"default","disable-site-footer":"default","disable-content-area-spacing":"default","footnotes":""},"categories":[142,1],"tags":[278,277,279,276,948],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linux","category-misc","tag-host-key","tag-rsa","tag-rsa-host-key","tag-ssh","tag-unix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":541,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techsatwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n@\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 @
\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
\nIT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
\nSomeone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
\nIt is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
\nThe fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
\nxx:e3:0f:xx:yy:yy:xx:5b:60:hh:4b:xx:52:xx:xx:b4.
\nPlease contact your system administrator.
\nAdd correct host key in \/home\/spider\/.ssh\/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
\nOffending key in \/home\/spider\/.ssh\/known_hosts:2
\nRSA host key for spiderweb<\/span> has changed and you have requested strict checking.
\nHost key verification failed.
\nConnection closed<\/span><\/p>\n
\nvi or pico the \/home\/spider\/.ssh\/known_hosts file and delete the offending key.\u00c2\u00a0 The file is going to look like this :<\/p>\n
\nAPbzYZU31lsTWy9qGevF2XQABwJhNz0niLqkXSThlYx8yDkMor6XkReHY4OR9SPeAzs3hPQn
\nAH7GT\/yqqMstmVOrF6W1+2sQ3Aymdu5jItE9t0+pL6pasyd9ZJhlKDDo02dpt13ooW3XyTl<\/span>
\niceman,114.16.15.140 ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAukZikbzoto7
\nGG1CAHu5S7I5m2VlwjdERi6sO7Do\/yHQdf1xRHY917LHHHLlmg5YM5i8sDkjU5y3b1vNz7
\nO4iIvvkDAYUTT80uOoqFBNQsKxMhlHmy5RqKwSpP5kmkNun0gXOynj9RF+iZsL0obiphDj<\/span><\/p>\n
\nContact your system administrator as the message says and he will do either the same for you or change the strictness.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"