Where does Putty store known_hosts information on Windows?
Putty stores known hosts under a registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SoftWare\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys
.
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.
- go to start - look for
regedit
- then you will see all the directories on the left pane under computer
- just like this image says go to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys
location - location - then you can modify like you wish Known host options
- If needed you can check the content in the
SshHostKeys
file using this commandREG QUERY HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys
in PowerShell
And then the cache will be cleared. Will be everything new again for that particular entry