3Com 4200G 24-Port - Exporting the Host Public Key to a File

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This configuration task is unnecessary if the SSH user’s authentication mode is password.
For the publickey authentication mode, you must specify the client’s public key on the server for
authentication.
Follow these steps to assign a public key for an SSH user:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Assign a public key to an SSH
user
ssh user username assign
publickey keyname
Required
If you issue this command
multiple times, the last
command overrides the
previous ones.
Exporting the Host Public Key to a File
In tasks of Configuring the Public Key of a Client on the Server or Configuring whether first-time
authentication is supported
, an SSH client’s or an SSH server's host public key can be imported from a
public key file. This task allows you to export the host public key to a file on the client or server device
with key pairs generated.
Follow these steps to export the RSA host public key:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Export the RSA host public key
to a specified file
public-key local export rsa
{ openssh | ssh1 | ssh2 }
[ filename ]
Required
Follow these steps to export the DSA host public key:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Export the DSA host public key
to a specified file
public-key local export dsa
{ openssh | ssh2 } [ filename ]
Required