Re: known_hosts file

> Had an interesting problem recently, 3rd hand support of someone who had> 
> problems and asked me for help, so I don't really know how they got> 
> themselves into this situation (disclaimer), but nonetheless, I was> 
> intrigued.>> ssh failed with "host key verification failed">> no known_hosts 
> file was present in ~<user>/.ssh>> we're not using 
> /usr/local/etc/ssh_known_hosts, so the> ~<user>/.ssh/known_hosts should 
> exist>> I used a copy of the known_hosts file from another server, and 
> problem> solved.>> I guess my question is, why was there no known_hosts file, 
> and why wasn't it> trying to create one for him automatically i.e>>         
> The authenticity of host 'xxx (xx.xx.xx.xx)' can't be established.>         
> RSA key fingerprint is> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.>     
>     Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?>> Try as I could I 
> couldn't get SSH to seem to realise that the known_hosts> file needed 
> creating.> Anybody seen this before and what did you do about it ?>
StrictHostKeyChecking in ssh_config set to yes?That's the only obvious reason I 
can think of
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