$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts

[Kathy Khaghani]

Hello experts,

I don't know much about the khown_hosts file in the .ssh directory, was wondering if it could be copied over from one server to another, both HPUX 11.23.

Thanks

Kathy

[Jeff_Traigle · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can. It simply holds the public key information for the systems that have been accessed via ssh/scp/sftp. The remote system's public key won't change so you're essentially making the keys known to the other server.

[Tim Nelson]

Thought this contained server footprints ?

Public keys were in .ssh/authorized_keys

either way, yes it can be copied to stop the prompt that comes up during ssh. Does not matter much, pretty easy to enter "yes" that one time ?

[Kathy Khaghani]

Great, thank you both for prompt response.

[Kathy Khaghani]

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