
Chapter 11 Configuring Security Features 52
Issuing User Passwords
This section discusses how to issue user passwords.
Related Information
See the newpass and set user commands in the Digi One/PortServer TS
Command Reference.
Starting Point
This procedure assumes that you have signed on as root and already
configured the user to whom you will be issuing a password.
Procedure
1. Issue a newpass command that identifies the user (on the name field)
to whom this password will be issued.
2. When the system prompts you for a new password, type in the pass-
word and then press Enter.
3. When the system prompts you to enter the new password again, type it
in and then press Enter.
Configuring SSH Version 2 for Secure Communication
This section discusses how to configure a user for SSH version 2
encryption.
Password Protection
To configure simple password authentication for an SSH user, no SSH-
specific configuration is required. Simply configure a user by entering the
following commands:
set user name=name password=on
newpass name=name
where name is a user name
Example
set user name=ssh-user1
newpass name=ssh-user1
Using a Public Key
To enable public key authentication and to associate a public key with a
user, enter the following command:
set user name=name loadkey=host:key
where
• name is the name of a user
• host is either an IP address or DNS name of a host running TFTP
that holds
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