Administrator Guide

Version Description
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
If you enable this command, clients can log in without a password prompt. This command provides two levels of
authentication:
• rhost-authentication is done with the file specified in the ip ssh rhostfile command.
• checking client host-keys is done with the file specified in the ip ssh pub-key-file command.
NOTE: Administrators must specify the two files (rhosts and pub-key-file) to configure host-
based authentication.
Related
Commands
• ip ssh pub-key-file — public keys of trusted hosts from a file.
• ip ssh rhostsfile — trusted hosts and users for rhost authentication.
ip ssh password-authentication
Enable password authentication for the SSH server.
Syntax
ip ssh password-authentication enable
To disable password-authentication, use the no ip ssh password-authentication enable command.
Parameters
enable Enter the keyword enable to enable password-authentication for the SSH server.
Defaults Enabled
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
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