topic Re: CLI Creds not working in Network Access Control

CLI Creds not working

EstevanNV — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:52:53 GMT

I have read thru the threads to know that the GUI and CLI logins are not same other than default admin I created during initial setup and configuration.

I need to create SSH/console logins as a backup to GUI.

Followed the steps to create username with had password and admin roles.

Still when I try to login via SSH or directly via VMRC (I have the ISE server as a VM) it doesn't work.
What am i doing wrong?

Ex below:

conf t

username EstevanAD password hash ********* role admin

exit

Re: CLI Creds not working

Jonatan Jonasson — Thu, 29 May 2025 20:12:48 GMT

You're doing this correctly, but two things come to mind.

When you're adding the user, are you using the "password hash $6$....." method, or are you adding the user using "password plain <cleartext> .. " ?

If you're pasting a hash directly, consider adding using a plain password (ISE will convert it) to verify that there are no issues with the provided hash.

The username is case sensitive, so if your username is EstevanAD you need to SSH in with EstevanAD (and not estevanad)

Re: CLI Creds not working

EstevanNV — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:32:22 GMT

That was it, I used the plain password instead of hash and it worked.

Thank you sir!

topic Re: CLI Creds not working in Network Access Control

CLI Creds not working

I have read thru the threads to know that the GUI and CLI logins are not same other than default admin I created during initial setup and configuration.

Followed the steps to create username with had password and admin roles.

Still when I try to login via SSH or directly via VMRC (I have the ISE server as a VM) it doesn't work.What am i doing wrong?

Ex below:

conf t

username EstevanAD password hash ********* role admin

Re: CLI Creds not working

Re: CLI Creds not working

Still when I try to login via SSH or directly via VMRC (I have the ISE server as a VM) it doesn't work.
What am i doing wrong?