> - Bring us the system, we will configure it for you. UCAR is in Colorado, maybe you're confusing them with Nersc? :-)
Al -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ----- Original Message ----- From: Anand Babu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, December 1, 2005 4:04 pm Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] OK, i give... > ,----[ Karl Hanzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > | I'm interested in using 'ipmipower' to control the up/down'ness > of a > | host. Of course there must be some form of > | authentication/authorization involved, but it's not immediately > | obvious how to set this up. > | > | How does one set a user/password witm bmc-config? Or am i barking > | up the wrong tree? > `---- > I usually try with simple or no authentication to get the basic IPMI > working. Then experiment with advanced options. > > There is a tool in CVS called bmc-autoconfig which has a curses dialog > wizard which helps you easily configure the BMC. > > Other options are > - I can send you a simple bmc.conf file. > - Give us remote access > - Bring us the system, we will configure it for you. > > ,----[ Karl Hanzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > | > | If i simply do a > | > | bmc-config --checkout --filename=/tmp/tmp > | > | followed immediately (no editing of /tmp/tmp) by a > | > | bmc-config --commit --filename=/tmp/tmp > | > | i get the following output: > | > | Commit Section <User2> Key <Username> Value <Operator> FAILED > | Commit Section <User3> Key <Username> Value <Administrator> > FAILED| Commit Section <User4> Key <Username> Value <CallBack> > FAILED| Commit Section <Misc> Key <Power_Restore_Policy> Value > | <Off_State_Ac_Apply> FAILED > `---- > > This means, > * your BMC supports one "anonymous" user only, which is mandatory > according to IPMI spec. Otherwise the BMC vendor may choose to > implement up to 4. Anonymous user has no user name (blank). > > * Off_State_Ac_Apply not supported. > > Seems OK. Use anonymous userid only. > > It will help, if you please let us know your motherboard, output of > bmc-info and "bmc-config -o". > > Happy Hacking, > -- > Anand Babu > GPG Key ID: 0x62E15A31 > Blog [http://ab.freeshell.org] > The GNU Operating System [http://www.gnu.org] > > > _______________________________________________ > Freeipmi-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users > _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
