pconsole - parallel console
pconsole host[:port] [...]
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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 utility 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 administrative 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 either run as root or by a user granted the
"Parallel Console Access" rights profile:
# usermod -P "Parallel Console Access" login-name
COMMANDS
pconsole supports the following commands in the central console window:
? or help
Prints a list of available commands.
Ctrl-A Enters command mode.
attach Attaches to a tty device.
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
P_TERM By default, pconsole uses xterm(1) to create a window
to the remote system. You can specify another command
by setting the environment variable P_TERM to the cho-
sen command.
P_TERM_OPTIONS By default, pconsole uses the options "-geometry 80x24
-fn 10x20" to pass to the command that is specified by
P_TERM, or to xterm(1) if P_TERM is unspecified. You
can specify different options by setting the environ-
ment variable P_TERM_OPTIONS to the chosen options.
P_CONNECT_CMD By default, pconsole uses ssh(1) to make connections.
You can use a different command, such as rlogin(1), by
setting the environment variable P_CONNECT_CMD to the
chosen command.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+-------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Availability | terminal/pconsole |
+---------------+-------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+-------------------+
SEE ALSO
rlogin(1), ssh(1), xterm(1)
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from http://www.heiho.net/pconsole/pcon-
sole-1.0.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://github.com/walterdejong/pconsole.
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