Root-Authentication - Dell PowerConnect J-EX4200-24T Software Manual

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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 10.2 for J-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. The CLI prompts you for the password and
plain-text-password
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-rsa "public-key" —SSH version 1 authentication. Specify the RSA (SSH version 1 and
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 411
— MD5 or other encrypted authentication. Specify the
encrypted-password
.
root
using blank quotation