[Planetlab-users] can't skip host key verification

[Khanh Nguyen]

Thanks you very much. This solved it.

-k

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 12:44 AM, Neil Spring <nspring at cs.umd.edu> wrote:
>> I kept getting asked to enter my passphrase when I connect to a node.
>> I have added "StrictHostKeyChecking no"  to .ssh/config but it doesn't
>> seem to work. Any ideas?
>
> your passphrase has nothing to do with host keys.
>
> The passphrase protects your private key.  If you find that
> you have to enter a passphrase, it is because when you
> created it with ssh-keygen, you gave it a passphrase.  This
> is, in general, a very good idea.  You may use ssh-agent to
> "fix" this for you by storing the decrypted private key in
> memory (which is better than storing it plaintext on disk or
> over nfs).  You may also use ssh-keygen to set the new
> passphrase to be empty (consult the man page for the correct
> options).
>
> update_known_hosts.pl (use google) downloads the correct
> host keys for machines that are operational and in
> production state.  (there are some minor issues with
> planetlab federation at the moment, but these should be
> fixed before they are troublesome.)  With a correct
> known_hosts file, ssh will not prompt for accepting the key.
>
> -neil
>
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