Not asking for USERNAME and PASSWORD upon SSH login.

[echebureche]

Hi All, Please help me because my device is not asking for my Username and Password every time I access my cisco device. All I have to do is enable and input enable password. How can I make it ask my password every time I access thru SSH.

[dodo]

hi Eche

Please let me know me, the effect of the problem for all in-band-Management? or just a problem with SSH connections

thanks

[luis_cordova]

Hi @echebureche ,

Share the current settings of your device, especially those related to users and vty lines.

Regards

[paul driver]

Hello

Create a local username and password

conf t

username test secret mypassword

line console 0
login local

line vty 015

login local

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

are you using AAA or local authentication ?

The reason your device only asks for a password and not a username is because your VTY lines are (probably) configured like this:

line vty 0 4
privilege level 15
password cisco
login
transport input all

If you want the device to ask for a username AND password, you need to configure one locally first:

R1(config)#username admin privilege 15 password 0 cisco

and then configure the lines like this:

line vty 0 4
login local
transport input all

[Richard Burts]

You can also get that result by configuring aaa new-model. With aaa new-model the default becomes local authentication.

I agree that to answer the original question we need details about how that device was configured.

HTH

Rick

[Karsten Iwen]

I would expect that the problem is on the client-side. Best to try it with a different PC or SSH-client. Probably you have the login-user and password saved in the SSH-profile.

If the network device is not configured for local authentication it should not accept the connection at all.

[echebureche]

Found it sir, now I don’t tick the “save password” option when I save sessions on ssh client.

[Richard Burts]

Glad to know that it is solved. Excellent analysis from @Karsten Iwen and a well deserved +5

HTH

Rick