Mounting A USB Drive On RSA SecurID Appliance

We copied all the token seed files into a USB drive and we do not have access to the USB port of the Windows terminal which we used to manage the RSA SecurID Appliance.  In order to import the token seed files, we carried out the belowmentioned steps:

1.     Using a third-party utility such as PuTTY, open an SSH connection to the Primary Appliance.

2.     Login using the account emcsrv and key in the password when prompted.

3.     Change to root and key in the password when prompted:

            -bash-3.00$ sudo su –

4.     Plug the USB drive into one of the USB ports behind the Appliance.

5.     Key in the below command to check that the USB drive is listed:

            [root@kandti ~]# lsusb
            Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a16:9005 Trek Technology (S) PTE. Ltd
            Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
            Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
            Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
            Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020
            Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

The above information shows that the Appliance recognises one USB drive named “Trek Technology (S) PTE. Ltd”.

6.     Next, find out the device which is attached to the USB drive:

            [root@kandti ~]# dmesg | grep –i disk
            sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
            sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
            sd 5:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

From the output, the device is sdb.

7.     Navigate to the directory where the USB drive is to be mounted and mount it:

            [root@kandti ~]# cd /usr/tmp
            [root@kandti tmp]# mount –t vfat /dev/sdb tmp

8.     To confirm that the USB drive is mounted, key in the below command to display the files in the directory tmp:

            [root@kandti tmp]# ls –l

9.     Copy the required token seed files from the USB drive’s mount point to the desktop of the Windows terminal via WINSCP, a third-party utility.

10.   Unmount the USB drive by issuing the below command:

            [root@kandti var]# umount /dev/sdb

11.   Proceed to import the token seeds via Security Console.