Users Guide

Usage Information
This command species the rhost le used for host-based authentication. This creates/ le overwrites
the flash:/ADMIN_DIR/ssh/shosts le and deletes the user-specied le. Even though this
command is a global conguration command, it does not appear in the running conguration because you
only need to run this command once.
This le 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 le to the switch.
ip ssh rsa-authentication (Cong)
Enable RSA authentication for the SSHv2 server.
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
This guide is platform-specic. 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.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
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 added to the list of authorized keys (ip ssh
rsa-authentication my-authorized-keys device://filename command).
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