Command Line Reference Guide

Example
FTOS#conf
FTOS(conf)# ip ssh rhostsfile flash://shosts
FTOS(conf)#
Usage
Information
This command specifies the rhost file to be 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 is a global configuration command, it does not appear in
the running configuration because this command needs to be run just 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.
S5000
Syntax
ip ssh rsa-authentication enable
To disable RSA authentication, use the no ip ssh rsa-authentication enable
command.
Parameters
enable Enter the keyword enable to enable RSA authentication for the
SSHv2 server.
Defaults Disabled.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
Version 9.0(1.3) Introduced on the S5000.
Usage
Information
Enabling RSA authentication allows the user to login without being prompted for a password.
In addition, the OpenSSH compatible SSHv2 RSA public key must be added to the list of
authorized keys (ip ssh rsa-authentication my-authorized-keys
device://filename command).
Related
Commands
ip ssh rsa-authentication (EXEC) – adds keys for RSA authentication.
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