Owner's Manual

SSH Commands 405
Default Configuration
By default, there are no keys.
Command Mode
SSH Public Key Chain Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Follow this command with the key-string command to specify the key.
Example
The following example enables a SSH public key to be manually configured for the SSH public key
chain called "bob".
key-string
To specify the authentication string for a key, use the key-string key configuration command. To
remove the authentication string, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
key-string text
no key-string
• text-Authentication string that must be sent and received in the packets using the
routing protocol being authenticated. The string can contain 1 to 16 characters.
Default Configuration
By default, the key-string is empty.
Command Mode
Key configuration
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Console(config)# crypto key pubkey-chain ssh
Console(config-pubkey-chain)# user-key bob rsa
Console(config-pubkey-key)#