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I'm running a git bash on windows 7, and would like to remove a few hosts from the known_hosts file.
I can't seem to find a .ssh directory anywhere. Where does the ssh client included with git bash store it's known hosts, on Windows 7?
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The public part of the key is saved in the id_rsa. pub file, while the private part is saved in the id_rsa file. Both files can be accessed from this location using Explorer: C:\Users\[your user name]\. ssh .
Definition(s): A file associated with a specific account that contains one or more host keys. Each host key is associated with an SSH server address (IP or hostname) so that the server can be authenticated when a connection is initiated.
SSH keys are stored in the ~/. ssh folder. You can have more than one key in there, because SSH keys are used for things other than Git.
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.
On my Windows PC it stored it in
C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Git\.ssh
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Git Bash stores the known hosts in ~/.ssh/known_hosts ;-)
Wherever that file really is. When you are in Git Bash, you can edit the file with vim ~/.ssh/known_hosts for example.
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(by default ~ is at /c/Users/[user_name] so /c/Users/[user_name]/.ssh/known_hosts)
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