How do I tell if Putty already knows about and has cached credentials for specific ssh servers?
Another way to ask this question is what is the Windows/Putty equivalent of a unix/ssh known_hosts file?
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related: stackoverflow.com/q/33240137/10245 – Tim Abell May 27 '16 at 12:04
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Putty stores known hosts under a registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SoftWare\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys.
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In my case, the path was different. However, just search for the registry key(s) "SshHostKeys" – OGrandeDiEnne Aug 13 at 8:10
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So in windows known_hosts for PuTTY is SshHostKeys.
that is stored at the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys location. To reach that location, the Registry Editor supposed to be used.
- go to start - look for
regedit - then you will see all the directories on the left pane under computer
- just like this image says go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeyslocation - location - then you can modify like you wish Known host options
- If needed you can check the content in the
SshHostKeysfile using this commandREG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeysin PowerShell
And then the cache will be cleared. Will be everything new again for that particular entry
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