Accessing the OnBoard and Connected Devices > Accessing the OnBoard’s Console

Accessing the OnBoard’s Console
As described under Accessing the OnBoard’s Console, administrators and authorized users can access the OnBoard’s console through either of the following two ways:
By initiating an ssh connection from the user’s workstation
To use the ssh command from the user’s workstation, the user enters the username followed by a colon and an at sign (:@) followed by the DNS name or the IP address assigned to the OnBoard, either with or without the rmenush command, as shown in the following screen example.
% ssh username:@onboard_IP_or_DNS_name
% ssh -t username:@onboard_IP_or_DNS_name rmenush
Both of the commands shown in the previous screen example give the non-administrative user access to the same menu.
Regular users need to obtain the IP address from the OnBoard administrator.
When root or admin or another administrative user logs in through the console entering the first command line above without the rmenush command, the prompt for the unrestricted shell appears. With the rmenush command, the administrative user sees the rmenush menu.The following screen example shows the shell prompt for the root user.
The following screen example shows the menu.
See Accessing the OnBoard Using SSH for an overview of the format of the ssh command and other command options, if desired.
See User Shell (rmenush) for details about the menu options. See the following procedure for how to access the OnBoard’s console.
To Access the OnBoard’s Console
This procedure requires the following prerequisites in order for anyone to be able to access the command line using SSH.
1.
To use a terminal or terminal emulation program installed on a computer that is physically connected to the console port of the OnBoard, start the terminal session with the following factory-default console port settings.
ANSI emulation
2.
To use an SSH application or the ssh command from a remote location, enter the username followed by a colon and an at sign (:@) followed by either the DNS name or the IP address assigned to the OnBoard, as shown in the following screen example.
% ssh username:@onboard_IP_or_DNS_name
The screen example shows entering the ssh command on the command line, using francisco as the username and 192.168.44.111 as the IP address.
% ssh francisco@:192.168.44.111
3.
After authentication and login, for administrative users (root, admin, or additional users who are members of the admin group) a shell prompt appears. For authorized non-administrative users, the user shell menu appears.

Accessing the OnBoard and Connected Devices > Accessing the OnBoard’s Console