[PLUG] Remote host lost ssh key verification [UPDATED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Tom wrote:

> a) Yes it will wipe all existing entries from known_hosts file, but
> they will be all recreated when you login to those hosts again in the
> future.

Tom,

   I thought this is the case when I moved the public key files to
authorized_keys and found instant connection from the laptop to the desktop
with ssh. Whew! I thought I had this all configured when I replaced the hard
drive on the laptop with a 500G SSD and installed Slackware-14.2/x86_64 on
it. Obviously, I did not set up ssh keys at that time.

Much appreciated,

Rich