Cisco 300 Series

Telnet, Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Login (Slogin) Commands
OL-32830-01 Command Line Interface Reference Guide 1012
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52.8 key-string
The key-string SSH Public Key-string Configuration mode command manually
specifies an SSH public key.
Syntax
key-string [row key-string ]
Parameters
• row—Specifies the SSH public key row by row. The maximum length of a
row is 160 characters.
• key-string —Specifies the key in UU-encoded DER format. UU-encoded
DER format is the same format as in the authorized_keys file used by
OpenSSH.
Default Configuration
Keys do not exist.
Command Mode
SSH Public Key-string Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Use the key-string SSH Public Key-string Configuration mode command without
the row parameter to specify which SSH public key is to be interactively
configured next. Enter a row with no characters to complete the command.
Use the key-string row SSH Public Key-string Configuration mode command to
specify the SSH public key, row by row. Each row must begin with a key-string
row command.
The UU-encoded DER format is the same format as in the authorized_keys file
used by OpenSSH.
Example
The following example enters public key strings for SSH public key client ‘bob’.
switchxxxxxx(config)# crypto key pubkey-chain ssh
switchxxxxxx(config-keychain)# user-key bob rsa
switchxxxxxx(config-keychain-key)# key-string