CLI Creds not working

[EstevanNV]

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

 

[Jonatan Jonasson · Accepted solution]

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

1:

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.

2:

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

[EstevanNV]

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

Thank you sir!