Hi. On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:09:44 -0600 Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote:
> While searching in /var to see if I could find e2fsck.conf without > asking I found an empty directory, /var/cache/openssh-known-hosts . > > The Debian wiki has an article about how to use ssh-keyscan to build a > small database of known hosts for use on a LAN. The article says the > file (not directory) of known hosts should placed in /etc/ssh. Is > Debian's plan to move to using /var for a known-hosts DB? or is the > empty directory just some cruft? I think a directory is a better way > than a file, because it is easier to make atomic changes in directory > structure than adding/removing individual lines in a file. Both /var > and /etc are OK as a location, for me. Does the software that > implements known-host checking at ssh-login-time look in both places? > Does it look for both names (hyphens vs. underscores)? /var/cache/openssh-known-hosts is used by [1] as a temporary storage. A conventional known-hosts DB is still residing where it belongs, i.e. $HOME/.ssh/known-hosts and /etc/ssh_known_hosts (and these two are still single files). [1] https://packages.debian.org/jessie/openssh-known-hosts REco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150401073305.91eeab79df4e9e5295715...@gmail.com
