[sles-beta] Security Problem / question

[Marcus Meissner]

On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:41:37AM +0200, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> 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.

Yes, there is code to auto-import those in various upgrade scenarios.

Ciao, Marcus