nodisco - success!
I was able to login via ssh with username 'pix' and the telnet password. How can I change the username needed from 'pix' to something else? aaa authentication?
thanks again
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Browse All TopicsNewbie here - I'm trying connect to my PIX from the inside with a ssh connection (via PuTTY). The PIX asks for a username and takes it. Then asks for a password which it doesn't.
I have input the following via the CLI
ssh 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 inside
ssh timeout 5
username xxx password xxx privilege 15
username yyy password yyy
Naturally I have double and triple checked that I'm typing the correct password. I have tried both usernames xxx and yyy (changed of course).
TIA
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by: nodiscoPosted on 2005-07-03 at 03:22:49ID: 14356988
Hi rpcc
Are you trying to setup aaa authentication for this?
If you are not using aaa, you can logon to the PIX using username pix and the telnet password - to set the telnet password:
conf t
passwd [telnet password]
If you are using aaa and the aaa server is down for example, you can logon using the username pix and the enable password - to set the enable password:
conf t
enable password [enable password]
Note - you must set something as an enable password - a blank one will not work (not that you would use a blank one anyway)
hope this helps