Server's Host Key is Unknown Error
Posted: 2013-07-03 14:34
Hi. My webhost is HostGator and they recently switched all shared server customers to new hardware and changed a few other things along the way including my ip address. Now, when I connect via SFTP using FZ, I get a "Server's Host Key is Unknown Error" (see the attached image).
After asking HostGator about this, a self-described Linux System Administrator said: "It looks like you are using SFTP to connect to your server. By design whenever you use SFTP or SSH to login to a server for the first time you are presented with the warning you received asking you to accept the server's SSH key. This is perfectly normal behavior, and you can safely accept the warning."
This doesn't feel right. Is this really "perfectly normal behavior"?
Thanks!
After asking HostGator about this, a self-described Linux System Administrator said: "It looks like you are using SFTP to connect to your server. By design whenever you use SFTP or SSH to login to a server for the first time you are presented with the warning you received asking you to accept the server's SSH key. This is perfectly normal behavior, and you can safely accept the warning."
This doesn't feel right. Is this really "perfectly normal behavior"?
Thanks!