RSA Key In The Known_hosts File is Corrupted (Doc ID 2585248.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to secure Siebel 19.x with SSL certificates, over time
the following error occurs.

ERROR
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RSA Key in the Known_hosts file got corrupted . We could see the following error in Logs
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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 the RSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /apps/ins/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /apps/ins/.ssh/known_hosts:2

RSA host key for <hostname> has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
Unable to initialise IPC interface
signal destination: 01010004 signal source: 01010002 signal trigger: 7176

Changes

Cause

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