3Com 5500-EI PWR - Assigning a Public Key to an SSH User; Exporting the Host Public Key to a File

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Return to public key view from
public key edit view
public-key-code end
—
Exit public key view and return
to system view
peer-public-key end
—
Follow these steps to import the public key from a public key file:
To do... Use the command... Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Import the public key from a
public key file
public-key peer keyname
import sshkey filename
Required
Assigning a Public Key to an SSH User
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.