As of Hardware Management Console (HMC) Release 3, Version 2.3, the rexec command is no longer available on the HMC. Use ssh command instead. From Version 2.5, users are required to enter a valid HMC user id/password when downloading the WebSM client from the HMC. The URL for the WebSM client is: http://[HMC fully qualified domain name]/remote_client.html.

Standard users receive the restriced shell via a set -r in .mysshrc when logging in. Comment the set -r command in /opt/hsc/data/ssh/hmcsshrc to get rid of the restricted shell for your users (it gets copied to $HOME/.mysshrc). For more information on commands that can be used in restriced shell on the HMC, go to HMC Power 4 Hints & Tips.

A special hscpe user ID can be created which has unrestricted shell access via the pesh command. Use lshmc -v to determine the serial number of the HMC (after *SE). Then call IBM support and request for the password of the hscpe user for the pesh command. IBM is able to generate a password for the hscpe user for one day.



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