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6.1 SSH Configuration Example
– Password
Authentication
6.1.1 Configuration
The following is a configuration example showing how to configure SSH password authentication. The
user credentials can either be the local user passwords stored on the switch or you could use an external
server such as RADIUS to authenticate the users. This example only covers the SSH configuration and
not the user password configuration.
If you are using RADIUS or for password authentication, please setup the RADIUS or
server referring to the sections titled
Password Protection using RADIUS
Authentication
and
Password Protection using Authentication
.
Step 1: Enable the SSH boot flag
VSPswitch:1(config)#
boot config flags sshd
VSPswitch:1(config)#
save config
Step 2: Enable SSH globally
VSPswitch:1(config)#
ssh
Step 3: Enable SSH password authentication
– enabled by default
VSPswitch:1(config)#
ssh pass-auth
Step 4: Enable SSH secure mode
VSPswitch:1(config)#
ssh secure
Securely enable SSH; set boot flags of telnet/rlogin/ftp/tftp/snmp daemon to false,
continue? (y/n) ?
y