On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 08:57 -0700, James Pearson wrote: > Al Chu wrote: > > Hi James, > > > > On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 03:24 -0700, James Pearson wrote: > > > >>We have a number of Dell C6220 boxes that we want to configure basic > >>IPMI settings using ipmitool - however we are unable to set a password > >>for the Admin user we set up - ipmitool complains: > >> > >># ipmitool user set password 2 mypassword > >>Set User Password command failed (user 2): Unknown (0x8f) > >> > >>It turns out that these BMCs have a "Password Policy Check Enable" on by > >>default - which we can see via the Web interface to the BMC - if this > >>setting is disabled in the Web GUI, we can then set the password to what > >>we require via ipmitool > >> > >>Does anyone know if it is possible to turn off this "Password Policy > >>Check Enable" setting via ipmitool? - as using the Web interface is > >>impractical for our needs > > > > > > There is an OEM extension to do this for the C6220. I added it as an > > option in FreeIPMI's ipmi-oem tool, but the raw commands to set the > > password policy check are: > > > > 0x30 0x51 0x01|0x00 > > > > the last byte is enable (0x01) or disable (0x00) > > > > Unfortunately, there is no "get" equivalent command, which I've harassed > > Dell about. > > Thanks - however how do I use the above with ipmitool? > > I tried doing: > > # ipmitool raw 0x30 0x51 0x00 > > but I get: > > Unable to send RAW command (channel=0x0 netfn=0x30 lun=0x0 cmd=0x51 > rsp=0xc1): Invalid command > > Am I sending the raw commands correctly?
I think that's correct. Looking through an old e-mail, this is only supported post v1.23 of the firmware. So you may need to upgrade if you're behind that. Al > Thanks > > James Pearson -- Albert Chu ch...@llnl.gov Computer Scientist High Performance Systems Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
