<html> <head> </head> <body> Charles R. Anderson wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:20040725192932.GD18725@angus.ind.WPI.EDU"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 05:00:16PM +0100, richard mullens wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ 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 the RSA host key has just been changed. The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is 13:af:4d:8e:e9:eb:18:6c:f2:9c:6a:d6:ce:44:db:e2. Please contact your system administrator. Add correct host key in /home/richard/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending key in /home/richard/.ssh/known_hosts:4 RSA host key for 192.168.0.25 has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> You have an SSH host key cached for that IP address/hostname that is different from the SSH host key on the freshly installed system with that IP/hostname. Delete line 4 from your .ssh/known_hosts file to get rid of the stale cached value. </pre> </blockquote> Many thanks. This worked - as did Harry's method. Of course now I remember ":4" takes one to line 4 in vi. </body> </html>