ssh remote host identification has changed

Question

I\'ve reinstalled my server and I am getting these messages:

[user@hostname ~]$ ssh root@pong
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Answer 1

For Mac users, you can use the -R flag of the ssh-keygen command. Quick example:

ssh-keygen -R THE_IP_ADDRESS

THE_IP_ADDRESS being the IP you're trying to ssh into. And then you can connect fine.