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2006 Feb 04
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[PATCH] allow user to update changed key in known_hosts
...any times that I no longer like the idea ;-)
I would really like ssh to ask me if the new host key is OK and if I
want to add it to known_hosts.
I talked to other people and they also seemed to be bothered by this
behaviour, so I have just written a small patch that introduces a new
config option: OffendingKeyOverride
When OffendingKeyOverride is "true" and ssh finds an offending key in
known_hosts it behaves just as if the key for the host were not there
at all. I.e. If StrictHostKeyChecking is set to "ask" the user is
prompted to accept the new key and so on...
As a result, known_hosts ma...