11: User Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

Key Name

Name of the key. This will generate the public key filename (e.g., <keyname>.pub).

 

 

 

 

 

Key Type

Select either the RSA or the DSA encryption standard. RSA is the default.

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Bits

Select the number of bits in the key (1024, 2048, or 4096). The default is 1024.

 

 

 

 

 

Passphrase / Retype

Optionally, enter a passphrase associated with the key. The passphrase may have

 

Passphrase

up to 50 characters. The passphrase is an optional password that can be

 

 

 

associated with an SSH key. It is unique to each user and to each key.

 

 

 

 

 

SECSH Format

Indicate whether the keys will be exported in SECSH format (by default the key is

 

 

 

exported in OpenSSH format).

 

 

 

 

 

Public Key Filename

Filename of the public host key.

 

 

 

 

 

Host and Login for Export

 

 

 

 

 

Export via

 

Select the method (SCP, FTP, HTTPS, or Copy/Paste) of exporting the key to the

 

 

 

remote server. Copy/Paste, the default, requires no other parameters for export.

 

 

 

 

 

Host

 

IP address of the remote server to which the SLC 8000 advanced console manager

 

 

 

will SCP or FTP the public key file.

 

 

 

 

 

Path

 

Optional path of the file on the host to SCP or FTP the public key too.

 

 

 

 

 

Login

 

User ID to use to SCP or FTP the public key file.

 

 

 

 

 

Password /

 

Password to use to SCP or FTP the public key file.

 

Retype Password

 

 

 

 

 

 

To view or delete a key:

1.Select the key from the appropriate table. The View and Delete buttons become active.

2.To view the key, click the View button. A pop-up page displays the key.

Imported key for sysadmin@DaveSLM:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAxGxPGY9HsG9VqroDo98B89Cf haqB6jG//0tTMKkb3zrpPu0HHAXaiVXHAvv7lAte31VTpoXdLAXN0uCvuJLf aL/LvvGmoEWBuBSu505lQHfL70ijxZWOEVTJGFqUQTSq8Ls3/v3lkUJEX5ln 2AlQx0F40I5wNEC0+m3d5QE+FKc= sysadmin@DaveSLM

3. To delete the key, click the Delete button.

To view, reset, or import SSH RSA1, RSA, And DSA host keys:

1.On the User Authentication - SSH Keys page, click the SSH Server/Host Keys link at the top right. The following page displays the current host keys. In the example below, the current keys are the defaults.

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Lantronix SLC 8000 manual Host and Login for Export, To view or delete a key, Key Name, Will SCP or FTP the public key file