(bugfix) Use service-level known_hosts for generated SSH keys

When a selected SSH credential has no pinned known_hosts entries, create
and use a pobsync service-level known_hosts file under POBSYNC_HOME/state.

Pass UserKnownHostsFile and StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new to SSH so
unattended backups no longer depend on root's known_hosts or an
interactive shell session.

Keep pinned credential known_hosts behavior unchanged when entries are
configured explicitly.

src/pobsync_backend/config_source.py

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ def _attach_credential_options(config: dict[str, Any], credential: SshCredential
         options.append(f"-oIdentityFile={paths['identity_file']}")
     if paths.get("known_hosts") and not _has_ssh_option(options, "UserKnownHostsFile"):
         options.append(f"-oUserKnownHostsFile={paths['known_hosts']}")
+    if paths.get("accept_new_known_hosts"):
+        if not _has_ssh_option(options, "UserKnownHostsFile"):
+            options.append(f"-oUserKnownHostsFile={paths['accept_new_known_hosts']}")
+        if not _has_ssh_option(options, "StrictHostKeyChecking"):
+            options.append("-oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new")
     ssh["options"] = options
     config["ssh_credential"] = {
         "id": credential.pk,
@@ -69,6 +74,12 @@ def _materialize_credential(credential: SshCredential) -> dict[str, str]:
         known_hosts.write_text(_with_trailing_newline(credential.known_hosts), encoding="utf-8")
         os.chmod(known_hosts, 0o600)
         result["known_hosts"] = str(known_hosts)
+    else:
+        known_hosts = paths.state_dir / "known_hosts"
+        known_hosts.parent.mkdir(mode=0o700, parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        known_hosts.touch(mode=0o600, exist_ok=True)
+        os.chmod(known_hosts, 0o600)
+        result["accept_new_known_hosts"] = str(known_hosts)
     return result
 
 

src/pobsync_backend/host_ops.py

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ def collect_host_checks(host: HostConfig, global_config: GlobalConfig | None = N
                 SelfCheck(
                     "Host known_hosts",
                     "warning",
-                    "Selected credential has no known_hosts entries.",
+                    "Selected credential has no pinned known_hosts entries.",
-                    "Use Scan SSH host key before queueing unattended backups.",
+                    "pobsync will use service-level StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new on first connect.",
                 )
             )
 

src/pobsync_backend/tests/test_django_config_source.py

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class DjangoConfigSourceTests(TestCase):
         self.assertIn("-oBatchMode=yes", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
         self.assertIn(f"-oIdentityFile={identity_file}", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
         self.assertIn(f"-oUserKnownHostsFile={known_hosts}", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
+        self.assertNotIn("-oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
         self.assertEqual(cfg["ssh_credential"]["storage"], "database")
 
     def test_host_ssh_credential_overrides_global_credential(self) -> None:
@@ -135,3 +136,25 @@ class DjangoConfigSourceTests(TestCase):
 
         self.assertIn(f"-oIdentityFile={identity_file}", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
         self.assertEqual(cfg["ssh_credential"]["storage"], "filesystem")
+
+    def test_missing_known_hosts_uses_service_accept_new_file(self) -> None:
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            identity_file = Path(tmp) / "identity"
+            identity_file.write_text("PRIVATE KEY\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            identity_file.chmod(0o600)
+            credential = SshCredential.objects.create(name="backup-key", key_path=str(identity_file), public_key="PUBLIC")
+            GlobalConfig.objects.create(
+                name="default",
+                backup_root="/backups",
+                pobsync_home="/opt/pobsync",
+                default_ssh_credential=credential,
+            )
+            HostConfig.objects.create(host="web-01", address="web-01.example.test")
+
+            with override_settings(POBSYNC_HOME=str(Path(tmp) / "home")):
+                cfg = DjangoConfigSource().effective_config_for_host("web-01")
+                service_known_hosts = Path(tmp) / "home" / "state" / "known_hosts"
+
+                self.assertTrue(service_known_hosts.exists())
+                self.assertIn(f"-oUserKnownHostsFile={service_known_hosts}", cfg["ssh"]["options"])
+                self.assertIn("-oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new", cfg["ssh"]["options"])