SmartConnect User’s Guide

Using SecurID with SCP

Using SecurID with SCP can be accomplished in two ways:

„Using a RADIUS server to store an administrator password.

You can configure a regular administrator with a fixed password in the RADIUS server if it can be supported. A regular administrator with a fixed password in the RADIUS server can perform both SSH and SCP with no additional authentication required.

„Using a SCP-only administrator password.

Use the /cfg/sys/sshd/scpadm command to bypass the checking of SecurID.

A SCP-only administrator’s password is typically used when SecurID is used. For exam- ple, it can be used in an automation program (in which the tokens of SecurID are not avail- able) to back up (download) the switch configurations each day.

Note – The SCP-only administrator’s password must be different from the regular administra- tor’s password. If the two passwords are the same, the administrator using that password will not be allowed to log in as a SSH user because the switch will recognize him as the SCP-only administrator. The switch allows only the administrator access to SCP commands.

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