Dell 9.7(0.0) manual Ip ssh rsa-authentication Config, Ip ssh rsa-authentication enable

Usage Information

This command specifies the rhost file used for host-based authentication. This creates/ file overwrites the flash:/ADMIN_DIR/ssh/shosts file and deletes the user-specified file. Even though this command is a global configuration command, it does not appear in the running configuration because you only need to run this command once.

This file contains hostnames and usernames, for which hosts and users, rhost- authentication can be allowed.

NOTE: For rhostfile and pub-key-file, the administrator must FTP the file to the switch.

ip ssh rsa-authentication (Config)

Enable RSA authentication for the SSHv2 server.

Syntax ip ssh rsa-authentication enable

Parameters

Defaults

Command Modes

Command History

Usage Information

To disable RSA authentication, use the no ip ssh rsa-authentication enable command.

enable	Enter the keyword enable to enable RSA authentication for
	the SSHv2 server.
Disabled.
CONFIGURATION

This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.

VersionDescription

9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.

9.0.2.0Introduced on the S6000.

8.3.19.0Introduced on the S4820T.

8.3.11.1Introduced on the Z9000.

8.3.7.0Introduced on the S4810.

7.6.1.0Introduced on the S-Series.

7.5.1.0Introduced on the C-Series.

pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.

Enabling RSA authentication allows the user to log in without being prompted for a password. In addition, the OpenSSH compatible SSHv2 RSA public key must be

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