[Nut-upsdev] [Alioth] SSH keys removed

Arjen de Korte nut+devel at de-korte.org
Wed May 14 07:16:24 UTC 2008


> Password-based authentication is where the SSH client (used by SVN)
> prompts you for a password, instead of using your keypair.
>
> The only other hitch is that because they changed the alioth SSH host
> key as well, you will probably see messages like this:
>
> 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
> 99:11:ed:30:03:41:ff:9f:f3:74:bd:7d:e1:8f:04:44.
>
> You can remove the offending key (listed later in the error message),
> then it will let you log in by typing your Alioth password.

Ah, that's the point that I missed. I never got prompted for a password,
but I understand now why. Thanks, I'll try this later today.

Best regards, Arjen




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