Root-Authentication - Juniper JUNOS OS 10.4 - FOR EX REV 1 Manual

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admin—To view this statement in the configuration.
admin-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Limiting the Number of User Login Attempts for SSH and Telnet Sessions
rate-limit on page 583
root-authentication {
(encrypted-password "password" | plain-text-password);
ssh-dsa "public-key";
ssh-rsa "public-key";
}
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Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Configure the authentication methods for the root-level user, whose username is
encrypted-password "password"
MD5 or other password. You can specify only one encrypted password.
You cannot configure a blank password for
marks (" "). You must configure a password whose number of characters range from
1 through 128 characters and enclose the password in quotation marks.
plain-text-password —Plain-text password. The CLI prompts you for the password and
then encrypts it. The CLI displays the encrypted version, and the software places the
encrypted version in its user database. You can specify only one plain-text password.
—SSH version 2 authentication. Specify the DSA (SSH version 2)
ssh-dsa "public-key"
public key. You can specify one or more public keys.
—SSH version 1 authentication. Specify the RSA (SSH version 1 and
ssh-rsa "public-key"
SSH version 2) public key. You can specify one or more public keys.
admin—To view this statement in the configuration.
admin-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring the Root Password
authentication on page 502
Chapter 26: Configuration Statements for User and Access Management
— MD5 or other encrypted authentication. Specify the
encrypted-password
root .
using blank quotation
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