Verify host key with pysftp

Question

I am writing a program using pysftp, and it wants to verify the SSH host Key against C:\\Users\\JohnCalvin\\.ssh\\known_hosts.

Using PuTTY, the terminal

Answer 1

FWIR, if authentication is only username & pw, add remote server ip address to known_hosts like ssh-keyscan -H 192.168.1.162 >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts for ref https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-easily-add-an-ssh-fingerprint-to-your-knownhosts-file-in-linux/