[JSch-users] SOLVED com.jcraft.jsch.JSchException: reject HostKey

[Heiner W. <Hei...@He...>]

[ Just forwarding to the list, so you can see which
   cheat codes actualy work :) ]

Michael Giroux wrote:
> Thanks Heiner.  Making an entry with fully qualified host name solved 
> the problem.
>
> Reading the docs again, I see that a fully qualified name was
> expected.
> The fact that it worked from command line threw me off that one.
>
> Michael


> Heiner Westphal wrote:
>
>> I had some hassle with long/short hostnames depending on name
>> resolution.
>> I.e. sometimes I HAD to use myhost.mydomain.org, sometimes only
>> the short form myhost worked.
>>
>> Use commandline ssh to long AND short hostname, so you get known_host
>> entries always worked for me though (duplicating line in knonw_hosts 
>> and
>> change of name  will do as well, as the key does not change 
depending >> on long/short hostname).
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>>
>> Heiner
>>
>> Michael Giroux wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Using JSCH version 0.1.20, I am getting "reject HostKey" error when using
>>> the ANT <scp> task.
>>>
>>> I am able to scp and ssh to the host using command line tools.
>>> I can also scp using ANT <scp ... trust='yes'>.
>>>
>>> There is an entry in ${user.home}/.ssh/known_hosts for the host (which is
>>> why the command line tools work).  The entry in known_hosts appears as
>>> "penguin1,xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ssh-rsa  ..."  (w/ valid IP address)
>>>
>>> I checked FAQs, and it appears that the reject HostKey message is caused
>>> by
>>> either missing entry or wrong format in known_hosts, but I cannot find
>>> any
>>> info on:
>>> a) what the correct format would look like
>>> b) how to create an entry with correct format
>>>
>>> Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Michael Giroux
>>>
>>>
>>>