User Manual

Chapter 11 Configuring Security Features 52
Issuing User Passwords
This section discusses how to issue user passwords.
Related Information
See the newpass and set user commands in the Digi One/PortServer TS
Command Reference.
Starting Point
This procedure assumes that you have signed on as root and already
configured the user to whom you will be issuing a password.
Procedure
1. Issue a newpass command that identifies the user (on the name field)
to whom this password will be issued.
2. When the system prompts you for a new password, type in the pass-
word and then press Enter.
3. When the system prompts you to enter the new password again, type it
in and then press Enter.
Configuring SSH Version 2 for Secure Communication
This section discusses how to configure a user for SSH version 2
encryption.
Password Protection
To configure simple password authentication for an SSH user, no SSH-
specific configuration is required. Simply configure a user by entering the
following commands:
set user name=name password=on
newpass name=name
where name is a user name
Example
set user name=ssh-user1
newpass name=ssh-user1
Using a Public Key
To enable public key authentication and to associate a public key with a
user, enter the following command:
set user name=name loadkey=host:key
where
• name is the name of a user
• host is either an IP address or DNS name of a host running TFTP
that holds