OL6: Different RSA Keys During SSH Connection Due to Duplicate IP (Doc ID 2348227.1)

Last updated on MAY 21, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

 SSH RSA key changing, unable to establish connection to the server.

The below error is observed:

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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 the RSA 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 /root/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /root/.ssh/known_hosts:62
RSA host key for hostname has changed and you have requested strict checking .
Host key verification failed.

Cause

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