Sharing a console session

A console session can be shared with a Telnet or an SSH-interactive session at the same time, or it can be a distinct user environment, separate from Telnet and SSH-interactive sessions.

Considerations

You use the telnet.distinct.enable option to control whether the console session is shared with a Telnet or an SSH-interactive session at the same time or the console session is a distinct user environment separate from Telnet and SSH-interactive sessions.

If you have the RLM or the BMC in your storage system, the console session is always shared with the RLM or the BMC session, regardless of the telnet.distinct.enable option setting.

Step

Enter the following command: options telnet.distinct.enable [on|off]
The default setting for the telnet.distinct.enable option is off. This causes the console session to share a Telnet or SSH-interactive session.
Note:
You can initiate an SSH-interactive session by opening the session without entering a command. For example, you would enter the following command: ssh filer -l root:"" (instead of ssh filer -l root:"" command, which initiates a non-interactive session).

Parent topic: Methods for accessing a storage system