While trying to clean up my SSH config and key files on my iMac (macOS Monterey 12.1), I tried to SSH using the verbose flag (-v). This generated output including the following lines:
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debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /Users/clint/.ssh/known_hosts2: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts: No such file or directory
debug1: load_hostkeys: fopen /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts2: No such file or directory
...
I know that I tried to create a backup of my known_hosts file (and called it "known_hosts2") but I've since deleted it.
Does anyone know how can I find out why SSH still references (and thinks I have) an old file called 'known_hosts2'?
Thanks!