Display the status of SSH (Secure Shell). The output indicates whether the SSH service is running and on which port. In addition, the output lists the RSA1, DSA, and RSA fingerprints. (The fingerprinting mechanism makes sure that you are contacting the intended remote host.) The fingerprint appears as a sequence of 16 octets in hexadecimal, separated by colons.
Note: Secure Shell is a program and protocol that provides strong authentication and secure communications for logging onto a remote computer. For secure connections to the PacketWise command-line interface, you can choose any SSH client, such as SecureCRT for Windows or OpenSSH for UNIX operating systems.
setup ssh show
Example output (when the configured port is the same as the port that is actually being used):
SSH service is listening on port #: 22 (default)
DSA key fingerprint is:
fc:b9:01:88:cf:02:74:50:5e:e1:c0:f7:ab:e9:62:92
RSA key fingerprint is:
2f:77:8a:d6:ff:72:2f:f6:7d:b3:87:53:60:80:a3:ec
RSA1 key fingerprint is:
9d:fd:1f:8f:bc:29:16:29:f8:a7:b6:a0:6b:c2:5e:a7
You can use the setup ssh show command to verify that your port number was accepted. If the configured port (specified with the setup ssh port command) was already in use, PacketWise automatically uses the last valid port number specified, or the default value (22). In this situation, the setup ssh show output will display a “Fail binding to port” message and indicate the port number that is being used instead. In addition, a notification will appear in the system banner when you log on. For example:
Attention: SSH service failed to start on the port configured in the configuration file. Port 22 is used instead.
Note: The output of the setup show command lists the SSH port number that was configured, which is not necessarily the port number currently in effect. Use setup ssh show to see the SSH port number that is in effect.
PacketGuide™ for PacketWise® 8.3