Unable To Connect ORACLE SFTP Server Due To WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED (Doc ID 2897404.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service - Version NA and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

When user tries to connect to Oracle SFTP server , there connectivity fails with below error.

From UC4

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@ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @

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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!

Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!

It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.

The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
<RSA_KEY>.

Please contact your system administrator.

Add correct host key in /home/oracle/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.

Offending ECDSA key in /home/oracle/.ssh/known_hosts:37

RSA host key for <ORACLE SFTP hostname> has changed and you have requested strict checking.

Host key verification failed.

Couldn't read packet: Connection reset by peer

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ERROR: Failed to deliver file to <ORACLE SFTP hostname>

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