host key verification failed from "connect to server" utility

Posted by rambo on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by rambo
Published on 2012-10-18T08:43:02Z Indexed on 2012/10/18 11:15 UTC
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I am able to use SSH from terminal but I am not able to use it from "connect to Server.." utility. it is showing the error in the dialog box as below:

Cannot display location "sftp://[email protected]:PORT/
"Host key verification failed"

why so? from terminal using below command I am able to access the server:

ubuntu# ssh -p 2222 [email protected]

Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release:    10.04
Codename:   lucid

any help please. thank you in advance.

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