Question
should I use another key pair to connect under root
- Posted on June 14, 2021
- DigitalOcean Droplets
Asked by Shipin16Shark
I have a simple bash script to get files from my droplet like this: scp -r root@xx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/var/source_folder/ /home/user/destination_folder It’s ok when i just run script, it works. But if I run it’s under root I’ve get: The authenticity of host ‘xx.xxx.xxx.xxx (xx.xxx.xxx.xxx)’ can’t be established. ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:XXxxXxXXx… Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? So I’m curious, is it an expected behavior and I should setup another key pair, or I’m doing something wrong. Thanks )
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Hi @Shipin16Shark,
This just means you haven’t added the host under the
known_hostsfile, in your .ssh folder using the user root. It’s no biggie. If you accept it once, this host with user root will be added to known_hosts and you won’t be experiencing the same messages.