[Freedombox-discuss] Host key verification failed.

euomu euomu at inventati.org
Tue Jul 26 19:34:09 UTC 2016


Hi,

I get the following error when I try to ssh into my freedombox. I didn't
ssh into it for a few weeks and it was set to do auto-updates.

> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @
> @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
> 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 ECDSA key sent by the remote host is
> SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Please contact your system administrator.
> Add correct host key in /home/xxxxx/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this
> message.
> Offending ECDSA key in /home/xxxxxx/.ssh/known_hosts:3
> remove with:
> ssh-keygen -f "/home/xxxxxxx/.ssh/known_hosts" -R 192.xxxxxx
> ECDSA host key for 192.xxxxxxx has changed and you have requested strict
> checking.
> Host key verification failed.

Does anyone know what is happening and how could I fix it? (I didn't
change any keys)

Thank you



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