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Re: Another ssh quirk...

From "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Another ssh quirk...
Date 2026-10-05 15:40 +0200
Message-ID <nihnlnFfekcU5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <11a05ig$2pnll$1@news.xmission.com>

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On 2026-10-05 14:35, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> Yes, I enjoy writing about these weird quirks that I find in the ssh tools
> (including rsync).  I find it amusing that ssh (and friends) - a tool we
> all use daily and rely on heavily - is still stuck, design-wise, in the
> 1980s.
> 
> So, I recently started running a new/different version of RaspiOS on one of
> my Pis.  Same hostname, same hardware, same Mac Address, thus same IP from
> the router, but new OS build.

But different certificate. You should have copied the certificate.

> 
> So, I find that when I ssh into this machine (call it "zebra" for the sake
> of discussion) from each of the other machines on the LAN, the first time,
> it generates a screenful of errors/warnings about "man in the middle"
> attacks and so on.  Yes, I know why it does this and, no, I don't want to
> disable "strict host checking"; I just think there should be a simpler way
> to handle this than the method described below.
> 

There is. It is a single line to paste and execute.
I don't remember it, the error message prints it.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.

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Another ssh quirk... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-10-05 12:35 +0000
  Re: Another ssh quirk... Philippe <p.naudin+nntp@free.fr> - 2026-10-05 15:26 +0200
    Re: Another ssh quirk... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-10-05 13:41 +0000
      Re: Another ssh quirk... John Bokma <contact@johnbokma.com> - 2026-10-05 19:09 +0200
  Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 15:40 +0200
    Re: Another ssh quirk... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-10-05 13:45 +0000
  Re: Another ssh quirk... Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-05 20:31 +0100
    Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-05 21:46 +0200
  Re: Another ssh quirk... not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-10-06 09:21 +1000
    Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-06 01:55 +0200
      Re: Another ssh quirk... Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2026-10-06 14:07 +1000
        Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:17 +0200
          Re: Another ssh quirk... not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-10-07 07:55 +1000
            Re: Another ssh quirk... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-07 00:41 -0400
              Re: Another ssh quirk... Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-07 08:47 +0100
                Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-07 12:02 +0200
                Re: Another ssh quirk... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-07 21:32 -0400
                Re: Another ssh quirk... Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-10-08 20:08 +0000
                Re: Another ssh quirk... Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-10-07 15:33 +0000
      Re: Another ssh quirk... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-06 08:51 +0100
    Re: Another ssh quirk... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-06 08:51 +0100
      Re: Another ssh quirk... "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:20 +0200
      Re: Another ssh quirk... not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-10-07 08:09 +1000
  Re: Another ssh quirk... Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-10-06 09:27 +0100
    Re: Another ssh quirk... The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-06 11:08 +0100
      Re: Another ssh quirk... c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-10-06 23:53 -0400
    Re: Another ssh quirk... gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-10-06 11:09 +0000
  Re: Another ssh quirk... Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-10-07 11:08 +0100

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