Configuring Secure Shell (SSH)

Messages Related to SSH Operation

Syntax: aaa authentication ssh login public-key none

Caution

Allows SSH client access only if the switch detects a match between the client’s public key and an entry in the client- public-key file most recently copied into the switch.

To enable client public-key authentication to block SSH clients whose public keys are not in the client-public-key file copied into the switch, you must configure the Login Secondary as none. Otherwise, the switch allows such clients to attempt access using the switch’s Operator password.

Messages Related to SSH Operation

Message

Meaning

 

 

00000K Peer unreachable.

File transfer did not occur. Indicates an error in

 

communicating with the tftp server or not finding the file to

 

download. Causes include such factors as:

 

• Incorrect IP configuration on the switch

 

• Incorrect IP address in the command

 

• Case (upper/lower) error in the filename used in the

 

command

 

• Incorrect configuration on the TFTP server

 

• The file is not in the expected location.

 

• Network misconfiguration

 

• No cable connection to the network

 

 

00000K Transport error.

File transfer did not occur. Indicates the switch experienced

 

a problem when trying to copy tftp the requested file. The

 

file may not be in the expected directory, the filename may

 

be misspelled in the command, or the file permissions may

 

be wrong.

Cannot bind reserved TCP port <port-number>.

The ip ssh port command has attempted to configure a reserved TCP port. Use the default or select another port number. See “Note on Port Number” on page 6-19.

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