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niceguy001
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REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED

okay, want to ask a stupid question...

my esxi host has been re-installed so the authentication changed,

when i use the command scp id_rsa.pub root@ESXisystem:/id_rsa-Client.pub to copy the rsa to this esxi,

the error message occurred, as shown below:

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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

f6:6e:d1:23:e8:d3:53:68:08:72:93:d6:78:ea:cd:ce.

Please contact your system administrator.

Add correct host key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.

Offending RSA key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:189

RSA host key for 10.101.6.11 has changed and you have requested strict checking.

Host key verification failed.

lost connection

the question is, how to add correct host key in  /root/.ssh/known_hosts ? just edit the file by vi?or?

thanks in advance!

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jamesz08
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You can manually add the ID, however I find it easier to just delete the entry in the known_hosts then ssh back into the host, this will add the correct entry.

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jamesz08
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You can manually add the ID, however I find it easier to just delete the entry in the known_hosts then ssh back into the host, this will add the correct entry.