which password is the SSH password?

[JoshGarmonCiscoCCNA]

conf t

enable password ____

or

line vty 0 4

password ____

login

which password will be used for SSH'ing when only the 'login' command is used under vty?

[Julio E. Moisa · Accepted solution]

Hi

set up:

conf t
line vty 0 4
login local

It will use the local credentials created on you device (local database example: username cisco priviledge 15 password test123), also include this command:

transport input ssh under the line vty 0 4

Be sure aaa new-model is disabled: no aaa new-model. Enable command is used to allow access to priviledge EXEC mode.

Please check these websites:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2960x/software/15-0_2_EX/security/configuration_guide/b_sec_152ex_2960-x_cg/b_sec_152ex_2960-x_cg_chapter_01001.html

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security-vpn/secure-shell-ssh/4145-ssh.html

Please rate the comment if it is useful :-)

[JoshGarmonCiscoCCNA]

Julio Moisa

yes it was helpful

yes i configured the router for SSH with the crypto key and ip domain-name stuff

i actually only configured an ENABLE PASSWORD...no username or anything

SSH still worked for me

is that supposed to be?

here is my Router configs

Router#conf t
hostname R1
line vty 0 4
password ___
login
transport input ssh
exit
enable password ______
ip domain-name josh.com
crypto key generate rsa 1024 (in Packet Tracer, there is no 'modulus' part used for some reason)
ip ssh version 2
ip ssh authentication-retries 3
ip ssh-timeout 40

PC>ssh -l ____ 188.15.9.9

i used both my ENABLE password AND my vty password and it worked both times

[Julio E. Moisa]

hi, yes could be but the best practice is to use credentials  :-)

Thanks