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[Bug 41738] Re: confusing error message when connection via ssh fails, because host key verification failed

 

confirm in Ubuntu-15.10 this bug still exists. in gnome3 nautilus how to
invalidate the ssh host cache?

I can remove ~/.ssh/known_hosts (or by ssh-keygen -R ... that particular
host) that resolved ssh command line login only; but in the file manager
(nautilus) it prompts this error message, and I don't know where
nautilus save the ssh host key cache? and how to invalidate

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Unhandled error message: Host key verification failed

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Title:
  confusing error message when connection via ssh fails, because host
  key verification failed

Status in Nautilus:
  Expired
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  If I connect to a server via "ssh://hostname" the connection fails,
  when the key changed. But the error message isn't "Host key
  verification failed" or something simmiliar, it's:

  Nautilus cannot display "ssh://hostname".
  Please select another viewer and try again.

  
  This is totally confusing, because you try solutions which won't fit the problem (changed or wrong host key).

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