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Created March 5, 2019 16:27
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ssh with public keys to a Cisco device
1. Create an user on the cisco device
username dcasati privilege 15 secret MYbiGsecrRETThatOnlyIknoW
2. Convert your pub key to less than 254 characters (otherwise it will not work)
$ fold -b -w 72 ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
3. Create the key
conf t
ip ssh pubkey-chain
username MYUSER
key-string
<< paste your multi-line public key here >>
exit
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