[sles-beta] Security Problem / question

[Thorsten Kukuk]

On Sat, Jul 26, Marcus Meissner wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 07:24:41PM +0200, Günther J. Niederwimmer wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a problem understanding the root key system
> > 
> > normal when I install the system new and go later with ssh -X ... to this 
> > system I have to delete the old Key from the ssh system.
> > 
> > With SLES 12 I mean I have always the same key ?
> > 
> > ssh have no problem to connect ?
> 
> So you are installing fresh and the hostkey does not change?
> Or do you update?
> 
> This would be bad actually.

To my knowledge: if you "overwrite" an old installation, ssh key
and /home partition are preserved if possible.

  Thorsten

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