Chapter 9: Security
Extreme Networks EAS 100-24t Switch CLI Manual
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Usage example:
To disable SSH:
Example usage:
To enable the SSH authentication mode by password:
# disable ssh
Command: disable ssh
Success.
#
config ssh authmode
Purpose Used to configure the SSH authentication mode setting.
Syntax config ssh authmode [password | publickey | hostbased] [enable |
disable]
Description This command is used to configure the SSH authentication mode for users
attempting to access the switch.
Parameters password – This parameter may be chosen if the administrator wishes to use
a locally configured password for authentication on the switch.
publickey - This parameter may be chosen if the administrator wishes to use a
publickey configuration set on a SSH server, for authentication.
hostbased - This parameter may be chosen if the administrator wishes to use
a host computer for authentication. This parameter is intended for Linux users
requiring SSH authentication techniques and the host computer is running the
Linux operating system with a SSH program previously installed.
[enable | disable] - This allows users to enable or disable SSH authentication
on the switch.
Restrictions Only Administrator-level users can issue this command.
#config ssh authmode password enable
Command: config ssh authmode password enable
Success.
#
show ssh authmode
Purpose Used to display the SSH authentication mode setting.
Syntax show ssh authmode
Description This command is used to display the current SSH authentication set on the
switch.
Parameters None.