SSH Error

sniper8752 · 05-05-2015, 09:10 PM

I am trying to login to my linux server. I was initially doing "ssh hostname". The login did not work, so I tried "ssh username@IP", which still prompted me with the yes/no prompt, but I received this error:

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@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
XX:XX...:XX.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /Users/user/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending RSA key in /Users/user/.ssh/known_hosts:5
RSA host key for 192.168.1.3 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.

rayfordj · 05-05-2015, 09:43 PM

If that in fact is your linux server and the host key has been changed, then you may resolve this by editing ~/.ssh/known_hosts on your Mac and removing the fifth (5th) line which should be for the linux server (192.168.1.3) you're connecting.