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To configure host-based authentication:
Client-based SSH Authentication
SSH from the chassis to the SSH client using using the command ssh ip_address. This method uses SSH 
version 1 or version 2. If  the SSH port is a non-default value, use the command 
ip ssh server port number, 
to change the default port number. You may only change the port number when SSH is disabled. When 
must then still use the 
-p option with the command ssh.
Step Task Command Syntax Command Mode
1 Configure RSA Authentication. See RSA Authentication of SSH, above.
2 Create shosts by copying the public 
RSA key to the to the file shosts in the 
diretory .ssh, and write the IP address 
of the host to the file.
Figure 45-10.  Creating shosts
cp /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub /.ssh/shosts
3 Create a list of IP addresses and usernames that are permitted to SSH in a file called rhosts, as shown in 
Figure 45-11.
Figure 45-11.  Creating rhosts
4 Copy the file shosts and rhosts to the Dell Force10 system.
5 Disable password authentication and 
RSA authentication, if configured
• no ip ssh password-authentication
• no ip ssh rsa-authentication
• CONFIGURATION
• EXEC Privilege
6 Enable host-based authentication.
ip ssh hostbased-authentication enable
CONFIGURATION
7 Bind shosts and rhosts to host-based 
authentication.
ip ssh pub-key-file flash://filename
ip ssh rhostsfile
 flash://filename
CONFIGURATION
admin@Unix_client# cd /etc/ssh
admin@Unix_client# ls
moduli      sshd_config       ssh_host_dsa_key.pub  ssh_host_key.pub          
ssh_host_rsa_key.pub  ssh_config  ssh_host_dsa_key  ssh_host_key           
ssh_host_rsa_key
admin@Unix_client# cat ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
ssh-rsa          AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA8K7jLZRVfjgHJzUOmXxuIbZx/
AyWhVgJDQh39k8v3e8eQvLnHBIsqIL8jVy1QHhUeb7GaDlJVEDAMz30myqQbJgXBBRTWgBpLWwL/
doyUXFufjiL9YmoVTkbKcFmxJEMkE3JyHanEi7hg34LChjk9hL1by8cYZP2kYS2lnSyQWk=
admin@Unix_client# ls
id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  shosts
admin@Unix_client# cat shosts
10.16.127.201, ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEA8K7jLZRVfjgHJzUOmXxuIbZx/AyW
hVgJDQh39k8v3e8eQvLnHBIsqIL8jVy1QHhUeb7GaDlJVEDAMz30myqQbJgXBBRTWgBpLWwL/
doyUXFufjiL9YmoVTkbKcFmxJEMkE3JyHanEi7hg34LChjk9hL1by8cYZP2kYS2lnSyQWk=
admin@Unix_client# ls
id_rsa  id_rsa.pub  rhosts  shosts
admin@Unix_client# cat rhosts
10.16.127.201 admin