Cisco nexus 5000 series Cli Configuration Manual page 269

Chapter 1 Configuring SSH and Telnet
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Specifying the SSH Public Keys in IETF SECSH Format
You can specify the SSH public keys in IETF SECSH format for user accounts.
To specify the SSH public keys in IETF SECSH format, generate an SSH public key in IETF SCHSH
format, and perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# copy server-file bootflash:filename
Step 2
switch# configure terminal
Step 3
switch(config)# username username sshkey file
filename
Step 4
switch(config)# exit
Step 5
switch# show user-account
Step 6
switch# copy running-config startup-config
The following example shows how to specify the SSH public keys in the IETF SECSH format:
switch# copy tftp://10.10.1.1/secsh_file.pub bootflash:secsh_file.pub
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# username User1 sshkey file bootflash:secsh_file.pub
switch(config)# exit
switch# show user-account
switch# copy running-config startup-config
Specifying the SSH Public Keys in PEM-Formatted Public Key Certificate Form
You can specify the SSH public keys in PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form for user accounts.
To specify the SSH public keys in PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form, generate an SSH public
key in PEM-Formatted Public Key Certificate form and perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# copy server-file bootflash:filename
Step 2
switch# configure terminal
Step 3
switch# show user-account
Step 4
switch# copy running-config startup-config
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Purpose
Downloads the file containing the SSH key in
IETF SECSH format from a server. The server
can be FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP.
Enters configuration mode.
Configures the SSH public key in SSH format.
Exits global configuration mode.
(Optional) Displays the user account
configuration.
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to
the startup configuration.
Purpose
Downloads the file containing the SSH key in
PEM-formatted Public Key Certificate form
from a server. The server can be FTP, SCP,
SFTP, or TFTP
Enters configuration mode.
(Optional) Displays the user account
configuration.
(Optional) Copies the running configuration to
the startup configuration.
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
Configuring SSH
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