Ever have this problem? You just rebuilt a machine, and when you go to SSH into it, you get the following message:

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@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!

Many people just go edit their ~/.ssh/known_hosts file and carry on. But there is a faster/better way!

OpenSSH comes with a command called ssh-keygen that allows you to generate and manage all your keys, including your ssh fingerprints.

Simple usage for this would be:

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ssh-keygen -R HOSTNAME