[ale] SSH configuraiton

[James P. Kinney III]

In /etc/ssh/ssh_config on the client box, set StrictHostKeyChecking to
no. It will stop asking the yes/no question to authenticate the host ID.

On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 13:28, cfowler wrote:
> No because it is an embedded device.  I do not know the hosts up front. 
> Could be any.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:52, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > Is it possible to populate that ram disk with a valid known_hosts file?
> > That would really be a better way to work this than to turn off
> > authentication.
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:26, cfowler wrote:
> > > But my impersistence is du to the fact that ~/.ssh/known_hosts sits in
> > > ram and not on disk.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 12:19, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > > The persistence is due to the remote host IP address changing. Classic
> > > > case: remote host using dynamic DNS listing gets new IP address from
> > > > ISP. Next ssh connection grips about authenticity as the host key is
> > > > good but it is keyed to the IP address.
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 11:24, Jerry Z. Yu wrote:
> > > > > 	if you really really don't care about host authenticity, you can 
> > > > > set 'StrictHostKeyChecking' to 'no', so ssh can automatically add new 
> > > > > host keys to the user known hosts files.
> > > > > 	 $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts should be persistent. Not sure why/what 
> > > > > you are referring to on its impersistence?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, 10 Feb 2003, Jason Day wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > #On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 10:53:48AM -0500, cfowler wrote:
> > > > > #> I want to configure ssh_config so that the users do not get the
> > > > > #> following message.  I do not care about authenticity of hosts.  I jst
> > > > > #> want encryption.  The ~/.ssh/known_hosts file is not persistent across
> > > > > #> reboots so this message could become a little bit of a pain
> > > > > #
> > > > > #I don't think it can be done without a code change, since that would
> > > > > #defeat most of the point.  You might be able to work around it, though.
> > > > > #You say that ~/.ssh/known_hosts is not persistent, but could you make a
> > > > > #persistent known_hosts file?  If so, you could set the
> > > > > #StrictHostKeyChecking options to "yes" and the UserKnownHostsFile option
> > > > > #to a persistent known_hosts file, which you would have to maintain.  If
> > > > > #the server keys ever change, though, you will have to update the
> > > > > #known_hosts file, or your users won't be able to connect.
> > > > > #
> > > > > #Jason
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