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21 .TH pconsole 1 "24 Sep 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "User Commands"
23 pconsole \- parallel console
27 \fBpconsole\fR \fIhost[:port] [...]\fR
34 The \fppconsole\fR utility creates a host terminal window for each remote
35 host that you specify on the command line. The utility also opens a central,
36 or master, console window that propagates what you input there to each of the
37 connections that you open.
39 The \fppconsole\fR utility is best run from within X Windows, although it is
40 possible to employ it without X (in console mode) as well.
42 You only need to install pconsole on one machine in the cluster. This machine
43 would usually be your central administrative node.
45 If you have a serial-port multiplexer that allows you to connect to
46 specific port numbers on the IP address of the multiplexer,
47 you can specify the port number in addition to the hostname or IP
48 address as \fImuxIP\fR:\fIportnumber\fR.
52 This program must be either run as root or by a user granted
53 the "Parallel Console Access" rights profile:
57 \fB# usermod -P "Parallel Console Access" login-name\fR
61 \fppconsole\fR supports the following commands in the central console
64 Prints a list of available commands.
68 Attaches to a tty device.
72 Detaches from a tty device.
76 Exits \fppconsole\fR. This is the same as quit.
78 Shows devices currently attached to.
80 Exits \fppconsole\fR. This is the same as exit.
82 Displays version information.
87 The following exit values are returned:
96 Successful completion.
110 .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
119 By default, \fBpconsole\fR uses \fBxterm\fR(1) to create a window to the
121 You can specify another command by setting the environment
122 variable \fBP_TERM\fR to the chosen command.
129 \fB\fBP_TERM_OPTIONS\fR\fR
133 By default, \fBpconsole\fR uses the options "-geometry 80x24 -fn 10x20"
134 to pass to the command that is specified by \fBP_TERM\fR, or to \fBxterm\fR(1)
135 if \fBP_TERM\fR is unspecified.
136 You can specify different options by setting the environment
137 variable \fBP_TERM_OPTIONS\fR to the chosen options.
144 \fB\fBP_CONNECT_CMD\fR\fR
148 By default, \fBpconsole\fR uses \fBssh\fR(1) to make connections.
149 You can use a different command, such as \fBrlogin\fR(1), by setting the environment
150 variable \fBP_CONNECT_CMD\fR to the chosen command.
156 \fBrlogin\fR(1), \fBssh\fR(1), \fBxterm\fR(1)