Accessing a filer to administer it

Accessing a filer with a Remote Shell connection

Remote Shell with trusted remote hosts supported

The filer supports a Remote Shell with trusted remote hosts--those remote hosts listed in /etc/hosts.equiv on the root volume.

Use of rsh command with user names and passwords

Under some circumstances you might need to supply a user name and password when submitting a command with the rsh command. The following table describes the circumstances under which a user name and password are required.

If you are logged in as...	Then...
Root on a host that is listed in the filer's /etc/hosts.equiv file	You do not need to supply a user name or password.
A user other than root on a host that is listed in the filer's /etc/hosts.equiv file	You need to supply a user name and password. The user name can be root or the name of an administrative user that has been defined on the filer.

Format for rsh commands with user name and password

The format for rsh commands that include a user name and password is as follows:

rsh username:password command

Example

The following example illustrates an rsh command entered with a user name and password:

rsh -l root:figby cifs shares

Caution
Passing a password from an NFS client in this manner is a security risk.

Commands not accepted from rsh

You cannot execute the following commands using the rsh command:

?

arp

cdacmd

license

netdiag

orouted

ping

routed

savecore

setup

shelfchk

traceroute

Accessing a filer from an NFS client using an rsh command

To access a filer from an NFS client using an rsh command, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the `rsh` command, replacing command and arguments with the desired command and arguments: rsh filername command arguments Example rsh filer12 sysstat 1

Accessing a filer from a CIFS client using a Remote Shell application

To access a filer from a CIFS client using a Remote Shell application, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Run the Remote Shell application on the CIFS client.
2	Enter the client in the /etc/hosts.equiv file.
3	Enter the `rsh` command, replacing command and arguments with the desired command and arguments: rsh filername command arguments Example rsh filer12 sysstat 1

Step

Action

Run the Remote Shell application on the CIFS client.

Enter the client in the /etc/hosts.equiv file.

Enter the rsh command, replacing command and arguments with the desired command and arguments:

rsh filername command arguments

Example

rsh filer12 sysstat 1