Add host keys for putty (plink) for the system user
December 12, 2007 21:53:19 Last update: December 12, 2007 21:53:19
The first time you access an SSH host, you'll get and store the host key. Putty stores the host key in the registry. If you run putty
The solution is to obtain the host key from an interactive session then save it for use for the system user. Here are the steps:
1. Access the remote host interactively with putty or plink. Accept the host key.
2. Run
3. Edit the exported registry file, change
4. Import the file back into the registry.
plink as a Windows service, the host key should be available to the Windows system user. Otherwise, plink won't connect to the remote server.
The solution is to obtain the host key from an interactive session then save it for use for the system user. Here are the steps:
1. Access the remote host interactively with putty or plink. Accept the host key.
2. Run
regedit and export the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys. You'll get something like this:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys] "rsa2@22:192.168.21.4"="0x23,0xce80259ad9bd9e1bc9088f35f3bf7cf2daefa31069e368e53ccd970818bd88d2076c398972e1687e5ddbfa767c4e6e37558d85341b951ac5590eecd0509de0075c2aace13cf8585fd4c7909599740391ebb7c570d4f70239d94d9aa92c62091a5267462b89979716da7aaf2ccb1a27fc06afea7b8ce03c906ef816bc4c4df00b" "rsa2@22:192.168.21.1"="0x23,0xd47c4642379c89119ad2e93040f35d53e6b37ba4ddaa1f367bfcf4b5d13fedd727b0c22d772d16229208e6a0dce55f1b08a29b76223fd4135f56d965aab69030449f4a8c6e64b35437b58ab82f801b49cfd7db4c7028d7a4c2cf689c53ed47017801cfcb122e5b4a43cde70333c8506c190111fa8df2acb9c2c020c372e7a0bd"
3. Edit the exported registry file, change
HKEY_CURRENT_USER to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT:
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys] "rsa2@22:192.168.21.4"="0x23,0xce80259ad9bd9e1bc9088f35f3bf7cf2daefa31069e368e53ccd970818bd88d2076c398972e1687e5ddbfa767c4e6e37558d85341b951ac5590eecd0509de0075c2aace13cf8585fd4c7909599740391ebb7c570d4f70239d94d9aa92c62091a5267462b89979716da7aaf2ccb1a27fc06afea7b8ce03c906ef816bc4c4df00b" "rsa2@22:192.168.21.1"="0x23,0xd47c4642379c89119ad2e93040f35d53e6b37ba4ddaa1f367bfcf4b5d13fedd727b0c22d772d16229208e6a0dce55f1b08a29b76223fd4135f56d965aab69030449f4a8c6e64b35437b58ab82f801b49cfd7db4c7028d7a4c2cf689c53ed47017801cfcb122e5b4a43cde70333c8506c190111fa8df2acb9c2c020c372e7a0bd"
4. Import the file back into the registry.
