Hey Rene, Could you try using the --force-permsg-authentication (or -P) option. The IBM e325 has a compliance issue in their firmware.
Al -- Albert Chu [EMAIL PROTECTED] 925-422-5311 Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ----- Original Message ----- From: Rene Salmon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, March 31, 2006 8:44 am Subject: Re: [Freeipmi-users] ipmiping newbie question > Hi, > > Making some progress here. I can now use bmc-config out of band > the > option that finally worked was: > > > bmc-config -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -p xxx -l ADMIN -o > > You where correct I need to specify the ADMIN privilege level. > No I can get the IPMI settings to a file edit them and then update > the > remote node!!! > > Next I need to do two things first test the ipmipower make sure i > can do > that and last Serial over lan. > > Got stuck on the first one. I tried just getting the power status > of > the remote node and got this: > > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -p xxx -s > 192.168.0.11: bmc error > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -p xxx -l ADMIN -s > 192.168.0.11: bmc error > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 -s > 192.168.0.11: off > > So it seems to get the power status when run as user NULL. But > Then I > can't power up the node because of a privilege issue: > > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 --on > 192.168.0.11: permission denied > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -p xxx -l ADMIN --on > 192.168.0.11: bmc error > /home/rsalmon> ipmipower -h 192.168.0.11 -u admin -p xxx --on > 192.168.0.11: bmc error > > From the man pages it looks like "-u admin" should work: > > -u, --username name > Sets the username to use when authenticating with the BMC. The user > must > have operator or administrator privilege to run the `--on', `-- > off', > `--reset', `--cycle', `--pulse', or `--soft' power control > commands. The > user needs only user privileges to determine the status of the > machine > through `--stat'. If not specified, a null username (Anonymous > Login > `User ID 1') is assumed. > > > any ideas? > > Thanks > Rene > > > > > > > > > Albert Chu wrote: > > Hey Rene, > > > > Could you try passing the privilege option -p admin to bmc- > config? > > > > Note to A.B. & Bala, the fact that bmc-config typically rquires > admin> privileges (unlike ipmipower, ipmi-sensors, etc) should > probably be > > noted in the manpage. Or perhaps defaulted to inside bmc-config?? > ng and rmcpping must send a packet > > > > -- > - > -- > Rene Salmon > Tulane University > Center for Computational Science > Richardson Building 310 > New Orleans, LA 70118 > http://www.ccs.tulane.edu > Tel 504-862-8393 > Fax 504-862-8392 > > _______________________________________________ Freeipmi-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freeipmi-users
