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pconsole 1 "24 Sep 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
NAME
pconsole - parallel console
SYNOPSIS

pconsole host[:port] [...]
DESCRIPTION

The \fppconsole utility creates a host terminal window for each remote host that you specify on the command line. The utility also opens a central, or master, console window that propagates what you input there to each of the connections that you open. The \fppconsole utility is best run from within X Windows, although it is possible to employ it without X (in console mode) as well. You only need to install pconsole on one machine in the cluster. This machine would usually be your central administrative node. If you have a serial-port multiplexer that allows you to connect to specific port numbers on the IP address of the multiplexer, you can specify the port number in addition to the hostname or IP address as muxIP:portnumber.

NOTE: This program must be either run as root or by a user granted the "Parallel Console Access" rights profile: 

# usermod -P "Parallel Console Access" login-name
COMMANDS
\fppconsole supports the following commands in the central console window:
"? or help"
Prints a list of available commands.
"Ctrl-A"
Enters command mode.
"attach"
Attaches to a tty device.
"connect"
Leaves command mode.
"detach"
Detaches from a tty device.
"echo"
Turns echo on or off.
"exit"
Exits \fppconsole. This is the same as quit.
"list"
Shows devices currently attached to.
"quit"
Exits \fppconsole. This is the same as exit.
"version"
Displays version information.
EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.

1

An error occurred.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

P_TERM

By default, pconsole uses xterm(1) to create a window to the remote system. You can specify another command by setting the environment variable P_TERM to the chosen command.

P_TERM_OPTIONS

By default, pconsole uses the options "-geometry 80x24 -fn 10x20" to pass to the command that is specified by P_TERM, or to xterm(1) if P_TERM is unspecified. You can specify different options by setting the environment variable P_TERM_OPTIONS to the chosen options.

P_CONNECT_CMD

By default, pconsole uses ssh(1) to make connections. You can use a different command, such as rlogin(1), by setting the environment variable P_CONNECT_CMD to the chosen command.

SEE ALSO

rlogin(1), ssh(1), xterm(1)