ssh public key fingerprint
 

First time post so I hope it's not too long winded!

I've just installed Centos v7.1 and created an additional user.

First putty session I logged in with root and got the public fingerprint message and clicked Yes to accept.

However I noted when I logged in with the user other I did not get the prompt and my home directory didn't have a .ssh directory.

OK, so I created a .ssh (chmod 700) directory within /etc/skel and created a new user. Logged in with that account and still no prompt, although I do now have a .ssh directory generated.

I've tried deleting the known_hosts files in the root's .ssh directory and restarting the sshd daemon but it's not working.

How do I get it to prompt with original public key again?

Thanks for reading.

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The known_hosts file is used by the client to identify the host therefore you need to delete the key on the windows PC. The keys are stored in the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys. You should see the one that identifies the CentOS server.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSSH...guration_Files

Goddamnnit, I assumed it was on the local machine but I was looking for .ssh within the file structure.

Thanks very much michaelk, all sorted!

Your welcome.

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