RSA key fingerprint needs to be avoided.

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi All,

I need to scp a folder from one host to another in a script. When I run a command , it asks me to authenticate for the RSA key fingerprint for the first time.

[root@catinfo ~]# scp -r temp1 root@iqcarrot:/root/
The authenticity of host 'iqmango.apac.avaya.com (148.147.172.112)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is ee:a6:76:6a:9f:35:28:bd:8b:94:14:52:de:03:09:72.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)

Is there any way by which this can be avoided.

Thanks!
nua7

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 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
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Thanks a lot!