SSH Reference Manual
KNOWNBY 
The system user who is allowed to connect to the known host. 
ADDRESSES 
Specifies a comma separated list of IP addresses or DNS names that identify the target host, from which the public key 
associated with this known host entry is accepted. 
PORT 
The target port number of the remote host associated with this known host entry 
ALGORITHM 
The key exchange algorithm to be used. Valid values are SSH-DSS and SSH-RSA.  
PUBLICKEY 
The MD5 and/or bubble-babble fingerprint of the known host's public key. 
COMMENT 
An optional comment associated with the known host entry. The comment must be enclosed in double quotes if it 
contains spaces. 
LAST-USE 
The timestamp of the last usage of the known host. 
LAST-MODIFIED 
The timestamp of the last modification of the known host. 
STATUS 
Whether the known host is FROZEN or THAWED. 
RENAME KNOWNHOST 
The RENAME KNOWNHOST command is used to rename a knownhost entry in the SSH database. A knownhost entry 
can only be renamed by the SUPER.SUPER user (unless explicitly denied in OBJECTTYPE USER record) or those 
configured with full SSHCOM access or by the user who owns the knownhost. The command has the following syntax: 
RENAME KNOWNHOST [<old-system-user-name>:]<old knownhost name>, 
 [<new-system-user-name>:]<new knownhost name> 
The individual attributes have the following meaning and syntax: 
<old-system-user-name> 
A valid GUARDIAN user who owns the key entry in the user database before renaming it. If <old-system-user-name> is 
omitted, either the user being set with a previously issued ASSUME USER command or the issuer of the RENAME 
KNOWNHOST command will be used as the default. If <old-system-user-name> is specified, it MUST be followed by a 
':' to separate it from the knownhost name. 
<old knownhost name> 
Specifies the name of a knownhost entry, which must already exist in the user database, before it is renamed. 
<new-system-user-name> 
A valid GUARDIAN user who will own the key entry in the SSHCTL database after the rename. Only SUPER.SUPER 
user (unless explicitly denied in OBJECTTYPE USER record) or those configured with full SSHCOM access can issue a 
RENAME command where <new-system-user-name> is different from <old-system-user-name>. 
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