Configuring Authentication for SRC User Accounts

You can configure user accounts by using the following methods:

Configuring a Plain Text Password

To configure a plain text password for a user account:

  • At the [edit system user user-name ] hierarchy, enter the set authentication plain text-password command. For example:
    [edit system user JASmith]
    user@host# set authentication plain-text-password
    New password: type password here
    Retype new password: retype password here

Configuring SSH Authentication

Before you configure SSH authentication, obtain the contents of SSH key files. You can copy the contents of an SSH keys file into a CLI session:

  1. On a management machine such as a PC or personal workstation, create an ssh-rsa key:
    > ssh-keygen
    (provide input)
    > cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
  2. On the C Series Controller enter the set system login user testuser authentication ssh-authorized-key command, and paste in the SSH key:
    user@host# set system login user testuser authentication ssh-authorized-key “ pasted content of id_rsa.pub ”

    For example:

    user@host# set system login user testuser authentication ssh-authorized-key "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAvSqAWNdMTQJS9eqG1eq
    RANI3ML4hH+u7WX/HP0W82gDSPpjghnt1e5de3D8U
    kuIIEUBf1obgy/7AKc98FqAIvVp5onCiMg8ELD6
    RYkgOgo7U6zERB25qy3sK1Rn9NzrB20qLzbvAcZW1
    NIePmf1R99d/Rge7kB/5k6fq3NOG0fc= id@server" "ssh-rsa AAAA
    B3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAxlwe9HfZ78vbdfq1+AY0uCF79yGPxgGuw
    GZd9QVdT+dniwGh/4HwLITvKd8SYrhmJsyhz5dWuZm
    94JSwQosm9BVhJwREt39NYIkLWOjGIMkk8Cxw4
    TkpFfeIz1cSbeFxtFBFVaBbo4YkEv5ItbuxwvbTWURkvsQa
    2VJXAqIs7z8= id2@server2
    eriand" "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAIEAwwOo
    UD4m+SazgzF2kRIq5Y2+Ix2zQbCxqBS
    D1rmW92eLPOQIBv/sEy2d8UNeHpoKot9Px8q9ABriOyO
    Nc7vqNsSVnAMyicQB786uHoabSErVIYscapT
    YvIGg+olbdhKySbSxOoXMehhgoQS0JZxHCbxsQJip7/7vJ
    PCjRGU8Xq0= id@server3" ];

Published: 2009-09-25

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