1) I have a number of machines where I often ssh from one to another.  I just did that with a regular pair and got:<br><br><blockquote style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
Warning: the RSA host key for &#39;triggerfish&#39; differs from the key for the IP address &#39;192.168.2.124&#39;<br>Offending key for IP in /home/larry/.ssh/known_hosts:2<br>Matching host key in /home/larry/.ssh/known_hosts:3<br>
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes<br>Linux triggerfish 2.6.32-33-generic #72-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 21:07:13 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br>Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS<br><br></blockquote> I GUESS but do not KNOW that the known_hosts[2] and [3] refer to the 2nd and 3rd or 3rd and 4th entries out of the 12 that exist.  I do NOT want to be editing those all the time so does anyone know a way to avoid that?<br>
<br>2) When I ssh into a machine, it is not clear what if any aliases from .bashrc or .bash_profile are in play (from the originationg machine/user or the target?  It often seems like neither.<br>-- <br>Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry<br>
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