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[#4069] expect driver update to handle question about new/changed keys
Summary expect driver update to handle question about new/changed keys
Queue Passwd
Queue Version HEAD
Type Enhancement
State Accepted
Priority 1. Low
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Requester eric.rostetter (at) physics (dot) utexas (dot) edu
Created 06/21/2006 (6902 days ago)
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Updated 06/21/2006 (6902 days ago)
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06/21/2006 09:26:49 PM Jan Schneider State ⇒ Accepted
 
06/21/2006 03:52:48 PM Eric Rostetter Comment #1
State ⇒ New
Priority ⇒ 1. Low
Type ⇒ Enhancement
Summary ⇒ expect driver update to handle question about new/changed keys
Queue ⇒ Passwd
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The expect driver using ssh as the transport may fail if the ssh key 
is not know or

has changed, etc.  The driver should probably be changed to accomodate 
this as much

as possible (e.g. accepting the new key).  It should _not_ be changed 
to accept a

changed key, as this would be a security issue.



The root problem is either the ssh configuration, or failure of the 
admin to setup the

account correctly, but there is little reason not to try to work 
around these issues in

the expect script, since expect makes it so easy to do this type of thing.

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