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saaz
June 20th, 2006, 01:41 AM
Anyone know how to decrypt the hostname for an entry in the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file to actually make it usable by a human? I'd like to be able to know which key goes with which host (crazy idea, I know). ](*,)

Thanks
Azrael
June 20th, 2006, 10:46 AM
If you set HashKnownHosts to no in /etc/ssh/ssh_config, you should be able to identify new hosts by hostname or IP address. I don't know if that will help you with already hashed entries though.
saaz
June 20th, 2006, 02:17 PM
If you set HashKnownHosts to no in /etc/ssh/ssh_config, you should be able to identify new hosts by hostname or IP address. I don't know if that will help you with already hashed entries though.


Thanks! :D That did the trick. It doesn't work for the existing entries but I just deleted those and reconnected to each server to recreate the entries.