Cisco Systems SRW248G4PK9NA User Manual

SSH Server Configuration Pages

Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide 

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This section describes the pages used to configure the SSH Server feature.

Use the SSH User Authentication page to enable SSH user authentication by 
public key and/or password, and (when using authentication by public key) to add 
an SSH client user that will be used to create an SSH session in an external SSH 
application (like PuTTY). 

Before you can add a user, you must generate an RSA or DSA key for the user in 
the external SSH key generation/client application (such as PuTTY).

If you use the SSH User Authentication page to create an SSH username for a user 
who is already configured in the local user database. You can prevent additional 
authentication by configuring the Automatic Login feature, which works as 
follows:

•

Enabled—If a user is defined in the local database, and this user passed 
SSH Authentication using a public-key, the authentication by the local 
database username and password is skipped.

The configured authentication method for this specific management 

method (console, Telnet, SSH and so on) must be Local (i.e. not RADIUS or 
TACACS+). See 

 for 

more details).

•

Not Enabled—After successful authentication by SSH public key, even if 
the username is configured in the local user database, the user is 
authenticated again, as per the configured authentication methods, 
configured on the Management Access Authentication page.

This page is optional. You do not have to work with user authentication in SSH.

To enable authentication and add a user.

Click Security > SSH Server > SSH User Authentication.

Select the following fields: