SSH Server Problems

[involutaryhaxor]

When I try to connect to my SSH server I get the following message:

javitable@john-linux-laptop:~$ ssh 192.168.0.6
The authenticity of host '192.168.0.6 (192.168.0.6)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is e7:fd:dd:86:a4:1b:b4:d8:25:11:30:d7:f3:48:92:06.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?yes
Host key verification failed.

If you could tell me how to fix this.. that would be grand.

[antidrugue]

Which distro are you using? Did you take a look at the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the server side? Maybe you want to specify a user too when connecting.

[KenJackson]

Here's a good article about the SSH login procedure.

You could look at the /etc/shs/sshd_config file on the server you are logging into. If it has "PasswordAuthentication NO", then I think you must have one of these files already on the server in your ~/.ssh/ directory: identity.pub, id_rsa.pub, or id_dsa.pub. It's safe to copy the ".pub" files with ftp or whatever.

[involutaryhaxor]

i should have mentioned that I had it working in the past, this just randomly happened one day

[antidrugue]

Maybe you can try to erase the "known_hosts" file in ~/.ssh.

Still, which distro are you using?

[KenJackson]

i should have mentioned that I had it working in the past, this just randomly happened one day

Ah! If for any reason either the host or server changed it's key, you'll have to delete the line for the other computer in your "~/.ssh/known_hosts" file. Although I think you are getting the wrong error message for that.

See if there is an relevant error message in /var/log/messages.

[involutaryhaxor]

i feel real stupid asking this question, but where is the .ssh directory you mention, I figured it would be in my home directory, but it isn't

[KenJackson]

When a user sets up SSH, he runs ssh-keygen to generate his keys, which also creates a directory named ".ssh" in your home directory, thus "~/.ssh".

See man ssh.

[antidrugue]

Do a

ls -la

in your home directory it should be there.

Unless you were root when logging with SSH, then the .ssh directory will be in the /root one.