Users Guide

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332 Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
After configuring Putty, be sure to save the configuration. The following
screen shows the result of the login process. The user name is entered
automatically and the switch confirms that public key authentication occurs.
Authenticating with a Public Key from Linux
The following example configures the switch to allow administrative access
without a password for Linux users with correctly configured SSH clients.
Dell EMC Networking SSH is configured to require a password on
administrator accounts. This example shows how to generate a public/private
key pair on Linux, configure Linux SSH, and configure the switch to
authenticate SSH connections.
1
Log in to your Linux account and generate the RSA key pair. DSA keys are
considered weak.
ssh-keygen -t rsa
2
In the ~/.ssh subdirectory in your Linux account, create an SSH
configuration file "ssh_config" with the following contents:
User admin
PubkeyAuthentication yes
IdentityFile /home/jmclendo/.ssh/id_rsa