Technote 011

Wrong SSH key error message with Agent Deployment Center

Question:

Why do I get an error message about the SSH key being wrong when using the Agent Deployment Center to push the LANrev Agent software to a target machine that was previously re-imaged?

Answer:

This can happen if you previously used the Agent Deployment Center to deploy the LANrev Agent software to a client machine, re-image that machine, and then attempt to use the Agent Deployment Center to deploy the LANrev agent to that same machine a second time after it has been re-imaged. This error results from the Mac OS generating a new SSH key for the client machine after the machine is re-imaged. This new key on the target machine doesn't match the original SSH key for this machine that is cached on the LANrev admin console system.

Edit the ~/.ssh/known_hosts file on the LANrev admin console system to remove the offending key for your re-imaged machine and you will no longer see this error message. The error message will indicate the line number of the offending key. For more help on determining which key entry is causing the problem, consult the following FAQ .

You can also avoid this error message by making sure you include the LANrev Agent software as part of the hard drive image so you do not have to deploy it again with the Agent Deployment Center. For more information on disk imaging with the LANrev Agent see TN 005: Putting Agent on a disk image for machine imaging.

Date: 11 Jul 2006
Revised: n/a
Components: Admin
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Wrong SSH key error message with Agent Deployment Center

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