topic EXOS 22.7 Require SSH Key in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

EXOS 22.7 Require SSH Key

Jon_Munford — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:52:03 GMT

On my x620-16x L3 switch I have enabled ssh2, created the keys, and assigned them to the user successfully. My issue is that I want to make it so regular logins work just fine.

For example I can just type in ssh -l administrator 172.22.22.22 and it will let me put in the password and log in. I can also use putty to connect via the same account with the .ppk key method.

Is there a way to do that require the ppk method?

Re: EXOS 22.7 Require SSH Key

StephanH — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 04:05:32 GMT

Hello Jon,

Yes there is. Go to the manual here:

https://documentation.extremenetworks.com/exos_22.7/GUID-7D648968-51CD-4E05-828C-8606BD5C0474.shtml

Chapter: "Enabling SSH2 for Inbound Switch Access"

Re: EXOS 22.7 Require SSH Key

Jon_Munford — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 02:31:26 GMT

Hey StephanH. I’ve read the manual section a few times and I still didn’t see anything explicitly turning off user password authentication via ssh. Do you have any more info on it?