known_hosts

[Chantal Hunter]

Hello,
I have just set-up SSH on my UNIX systems.  I can connect to all of them
just fine using Win32 client.  But when I try to ssh from one UNIX system to
another I keep getting this message:
RSA1 key fingerprint is fa:a2:ac:d6:58:a6:48:0b:cc:13:ea:b7:d5:bd:fd:de.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

 When I choose yes to the above message it just keeps looping through, never
actually allowing me to connect and never creating the known _hosts file
which I believe it should.  I realize that I need a known_hosts file since
that is what is in my config, but how does this file get created?

I created the known_hosts file manually by cat'ng the ssh_host_key.pub and
redirecting it to another then editing it and adding the servername and IP
and removing the whoever at whatever at the bottom of the file.  I then ftp the
file to the servers that need to know about this host.

This worked, but was a major pain in the butt.

I did notice in the archives, a reference to make-ssh-known-hosts, but I
have not been able to find any documentation on this.  I also tried using
ssh-keygen to create the file but this failed as well, probably a syntax
error.

I would really appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction
on this :)

Thanks in advance!
Chantal