Entering CLI commands

Access to the CLI (Command Line Interface) of the MU is possible via the SE Manager or using e.g. the ssh client PuTTY.
No CLI is available on the HNC or SU x86 units.

Access to the CLI is graduated:

• SEM and PuTTY
  Administrators have execution rights for a restricted set of CLI commands. 
• SEM and PuTTY
  Non-administrators with the auxiliary role Shell access have access to the cronjob configuration under their own ID and to some general display commands of the base system.   
• PuTTY
  Non-administrators with the BS2000 administrator role have execution rights for the special BS2000 access commands bs2Console, bs2Dialog und svpConsole.
  However, these are only execution rights as ssh follow-up commands, a shell login is not possible. 

• PuTTY
  Non-administrators with the BS2000 operator role have execution rights for the special BS2000 access commands bs2Console, bs2Dialog and svpConsole according to the individual authorizations granted.
  However, these are only execution rights as ssh follow-up commands, a shell login is not possible.

SE Manager

The SE Manager offers the administrator access to the CLI on the Management Unit.

>	Select Hardware -> Units -> [<se server> (SE<model>) ->] <unit> (MU) -> Management, CLI tab.

On the CLI tab you can open a Linux shell in a terminal window and use the CLI for textbased administration by means of commands.

>	Click Open. A terminal window opens, and you are automatically logged in to M2000. Information on the terminal window is provided in section "Terminal window".

The available administrator commands can be displayed using command cli_info.

PuTTY

The use of PuTTY for BS2000 operation is described in the appendix Operating BS2000 with PuTTY.

CLI general

The detailed description of the commands permitted for the administrator, including the BS2000 access commands bs2Console, bs2Dialog and svpConsole, can be found in the online help under General information -> CLI commands.