Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Operating System Version 5.4.4C (x310-26FT,x310-26FP,x310-50FT,x310-50FP) - Manual (Page 1389)

Secure Shell (SSH) Commands
Software Reference for x310 Series Switches
C613-50046-01 REV A AlliedWare Plus TM Operating System - Version 5.4.4C 54.7
crypto key generate userkey
This command generates public and private keys for an SSH user using either an RSA or
DSA cryptography algorithm. To use public key authentication, copy the public key of the
user onto the remote SSH server.
This command is not saved in the device configuration. However, the device saves the
keys generated by this command in the non-volatile memory.
Syntax crypto key generate userkey <username> {dsa|rsa|rsa1} [<768-32768>]
Mode Global Configuration
Examples To generate a 2048-bits RSA user key for SSH version 2 connections for the user bob, use
the commands:
To generate a DSA user key for the user lapo, use the commands:
Related Commands crypto key destroy userkey
show crypto key userkey
Parameters Description
<username> Name of the user that the user key is generated for. The username
must begin with a letter. Valid characters are all numbers, letters, and
the underscore, hyphen and full stop symbols.
dsa Creates a DSA userkey. Both SSH version 1 and 2 connections can use
a key created with this command.
rsa Creates an RSA userkey for SSH version 2 connections.
rsa1 Creates an RSA userkey for SSH version 1 connections.
<768-32768> The length in bits of the generated key. The DSA algorithm supports
only 1024 bits.
Default: 1024.
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# crypto key generate userkey bob rsa 2048
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# crypto key generate userkey lapo dsa