Frank, It doesn't appear that you were root when you tried the set commands. Does it work if you log in as root or use sudo?
When you used the lan 2 command, it defaulted to user 1. When you used the user 5 command, it tried to set user 5. Does the SMDC have 5 users? Perhaps you should stick with the default user 1 for starters. Andy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Ma Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:57 PM To: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Ipmitool-devel] ipmitool set channel password error Sorry if you get this twice, it seems I need to become a part of the mailing list first to post to it. Dear ipmitoolers :), I have a tyan host (s2882-D motherboard: http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=127) with a M3289 SMDC management card. I am having a difficult time using ipmitool to remotely manage the host computer. Could you give me some pointers? Thanks! The host computer runs linux. On the host, I have loaded the OpenIPMI drivers, and I can access the SMDC card locally. eg I can, ====================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipmi]$ ipmitool chassis power status Chassis Power is on ====================================== Now I want to use the lan interface to control the SMDC card from another computer. So I try to set the lan configurations: =========================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipmi]$ sudo ipmitool lan print 2 Set in Progress : Set Complete Auth Type Support : NONE MD5 PASSWORD Auth Type Enable : Callback : NONE MD5 PASSWORD : User : NONE MD5 PASSWORD : Operator : NONE MD5 PASSWORD : Admin : NONE MD5 PASSWORD : OEM : NONE MD5 PASSWORD IP Address Source : Static Address IP Address : 10.16.2.35 Subnet Mask : 255.0.0.0 MAC Address : 00:e0:81:43:25:96 SNMP Community String : public IP Header : TTL=0x40 Flags=0xe0 Precedence=0x80 TOS=0x08 BMC ARP Control : ARP Responses Enabled, Gratuitous ARP Enabled Gratituous ARP Intrvl : 2.0 seconds Default Gateway IP : 0.0.0.1 Default Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00 Backup Gateway IP : 192.168.2.0 Backup Gateway MAC : 00:00:00:00:00:00 Cipher Suite Priv Max : Not Available ============================================================ I'm not quite sure what channel means to ipmitool, but it seems that channel 2 is the only one that works. I encounter a problem trying to set the password for channel 2 to be "pw": ======================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipmi]$ ipmitool lan set 2 password pw Set LAN Password for user 1 failed: Unspecified error ======================================================= Setting the user password also doesn't work: ===================================================================== [EMAIL PROTECTED] ipmi]$ ipmitool user set password 5 pw Set User Password command failed (user 5): Unspecified error ===================================================================== But this password is different from the lan connection password right? Have I done something wrong? thanks very much for your help, -Frank ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
