Reference Guide

1048 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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sshUtil

To delete all imported public keys for a single user:

switch:username> sshutil delpubkeys

Enter user name for whom ssh public key is to deleted \

or all for all users:username

WARNING: It deletes all the ssh public keys for user. \

Do you want to proceed(Yes or No, default is No)?yes

ssh public keys associated to username are deleted.

To set up SSH public key authentication on a switch for outgoing connections:

1. Generate a private/public key pair on the local switch:

switch:username> sshutil genkey -rsa

Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):passphrase

Enter same passphrase again: passphrase

Key pair generated successfully.

2. Export the public key to a remote host:

switch:username> sshutil exportpubkey

Enter IP address: remote host IP Address

Enter remote directory: ~username/.ssh

Enter login name:username

Password:******

public key out_going.pub is exported successfully.

3. Append the public key to the authorized_keys file on the remote host:

username@remotehost> cat ~/.ssh/outgoing.pub >> \

~/.ssh/authorized_keys

To delete the private key on a switch:

switch:username> sshutil delprivkey

private key is deleted successfully.

To delete a known host or IP address from the file .ssh/known_hosts:

switch:username> sshutil delknownhost

IP Address/Hostname to be deleted:172.26.26.104

To delete all the known hosts or IP addresses from the file .ssh/known_hosts:

switch:username> sshutil delknownhost -all

This Command will delete all the known host keys.

Please Confirm with Yes(Y,y), No(N,n) [N]: Y

All known hosts are successfully deleted.