cports

- expand host names into <host, server, port> triples

Synopsis

$CLUSTER_HOME/bin/cports hostname [hostname…]

Description

The cports utility expands the hostname arguments into a list of <host, server, port> triples. The returned information is used to access the serial port consoles of the named hosts by way of the terminal server returned in the triples.

If an entry for serialports has been made in the /etc/nisswitch.conf file, then the order of lookups is controlled by that entry. If there is no such file or no such entry, then the nameservice look up order is implicitly nis files.

Examples

Example 1 Using the cports Command

If the /etc/serialports file contains the entry:

blue    colors-tc    5002

the following command:

% cports blue

prints the following string:

blue colors-tc 5002

This information can be used by the telnet(1) command to remotely access blue's console:

% telnet colors-tc 5002

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

telnet(1), cconsole(1M), ccp(1M), chosts(1M), crlogin(1M), cssh(1M), ctelnet(1M), serialports(4), attributes(5)