SNMP Security Users

Field

Description

Role

The user in Security Model independent format.

Password

Password of the common user. For SNMP, this password is used for both authentication and privacy. For CLI and XML, it is used for authentication only.

Digest

The type of digest authentication protocol which is used.

Encryption

The type of encryption authentication protocol which is used.

ExpiryDate

The date on which this user will expire.

SSH Key File Configured

Specifies whether the user is configured with SSH public key.

SSH Key File

The name of the file storing the SSH public key. The SSH public key is used to authenticate the SSH session for this user. Note that this applies to only CLI user. The format can be one of the following:

  • SSH Public Key in OpenSSH format
  • SSH Public Key in IETF SECSH (Commercial SSH public key format)
  • SSH Client Certificate in PEM (privacy-enhanced mail format) from which the public key is extracted
  • SSH Client Certificate DN (Distinguished Name) for certificate based authentication

Creation Type

The type of the credential store of the user. When a row is created in this table by a user, the user entry is created in a credential store local to the device. In case of remote authentication mechanism like AAA Server based authentication, credentials are stored in other(remote) system/device.

Expiry Date

The date on which this user will expire.

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