2.
Select the Public Key tab. The authorized_keys file appears in the Public Keys
File window:
3.
Edit the authorized_keys file as desired.
4.
Click the Submit button or Apply button.
The file is to be formatted such that the key is followed by an optional comment, with only
one key per line. The file format, line terminations, and other EOL or EOF characters
should correspond to UNIX conventions, not Windows.
Note: If you delete ALL Public Keys, Public/Private Key authentication is dis-
abled. If you have selected SSH authentication using the Public Key with
Passphrase option, login and file transfers will be forbidden. You must
select a method allowing the use of account password authentication to
enable login or file transfers using SCP or SFTP.
Editing the "authorized_key" File via CLI
Secure shell sessions using an SSH client can be performed using the admin or a user-
defined account. The user may use Account Password or Public Key with Passphrase
authentication. The OpenSSH tool SSH-KEYGEN may be used to create RSA and DSA
keys used to identify and authenticate user login or file transfers.
The following command lines for OpenSSH SSH client tool are given as examples of how
to create an SSH session.
Creating an SSH session with Password Authentication for the admin
account
ssh spadmin@10.10.200.5
spadmin@10.10.200.5's password: admin123
You are now presented with boot up text and/or a “>” prompt which allows the use of the
Spectracom command line interface.
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