User Commands                                         pconsole(1)



NAME
     pconsole - parallel console

SYNOPSIS
     pconsole host[:port] [...]



DESCRIPTION
     The pconsole utility creates a host terminal window for each
     remote  host that you specify on the command line. The util-
     ity also opens a central, or  master,  console  window  that
     propagates  what  you input there to each of the connections
     that you open.

     The pconsole 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 adminis-
     trative 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 run as root.   To  allow  non-root
          users  to  use  this  program, the system administrator
          must make the pconsole-bin binary setuid root by  issu-
          ing the following command:

          # chmod 4555 /usr/bin/pconsole-bin

          This is NOT recommended however, as it could result  in
          making the system less secure.

COMANDS
     pconsole supports the following commands in the central con-
     sole window:

     ? or help
          Prints a list of available commands.

     Ctrl-A
          Enters command mode.

     attach
          Attaches to a tty device.



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     connect
          Leaves command mode.

     detach
          Detaches from a tty device.

     echo Turns echo on or off.

     exit Exits pconsole. This is the same as quit.

     list Shows devices currently attached to.

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


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


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






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ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWpconsole                
    
     Interface Stability          Uncommitted                 
    


SEE ALSO
     rlogin(1), ssh(1), xterm(1)






































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