WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!

[appsprod@erpprod PROD]$ scp -rp abc.tar.gz root@*****:/u01

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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the RSA host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
59:16:33:26:4g:d1:8j:75:47:2=:7d:ae:87:93:52:a4.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /home/appsprod/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending key in /home/appsprod/.ssh/known_hosts:1
RSA host key for ******** has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.
lost connection

SOLUTION
 
login from root
vi /home/appsprod/.ssh/known_hosts

comment above mantioned ip
e.g 
# 192.192.192.192