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Hello,Looking for some help with the archive command to backup switch configs using SSH.Configuration used -archive path scp://user:password@server//path/h$write-memoryip ssh source-interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1 (trunk port on switch)Whenever I try ...
So it turns out the issue was because the randomly generated password had % special character in it and this is what has been causing authentication to fail. Routers support it but certain models of switches (or IOS versions) do not.
Thanks for the suggestion which I tried but unfortunately did not resolve.Having looked a bit deeper, I think it might be to do with the MAC and/or KEX algorithms the switches are using and may not be supported / configured on the SFTP server. Router...