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86 Cyclades ACS 5000 Advanced Console Server Command Reference Guide
NOTE: To deactivate the NTP service you need to configure date by issuing the following command:
cli> config administration date/time date <mm/dd/yyyy>
Session Sniffing
When multiple sessions are allowed for one serial port, the behavior of the console server is as
follows.
• The first user to connect to the port opens a common session.
• From the second connection onwards, only admin users are allowed to connect to that port.
The console server opens the following menu to these administrators, which is defined by the
parameter all.admin_users or sN.admin_users in the file pslave.conf.
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* * * ttySN is being used by (<first_user_name>) !!!
*
1 - Initiate a regular session
2 - Initiate a sniff session
3 - Send messages to another user
4 - Kill session(s)
5 - Quit
Enter your option:
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If you select 1 - Initiate a regular session, the serial port is shared with the users that were
previously connected. You are able to read and write to the serial port.
If you select 2 - Initiate a sniff session, you may read everything that is sent or received through the
serial port, according to the parameter all.sniff_mode or sN.sniff_mode.
If you select 3 - Send messages to another user, the console server sends your messages to all the
sessions, but not to the tty port. Everyone connected to that port sees all exchanges of information
as if they were physically in front of the console. These messages are formatted as,
[Message from user/PID] <<message text goes here>> by the ACS.
If you select 4 - Kill session(s), the console server displays a list of PID/username pairs. You are
able to select a session by typing its PID, or all to kill all sessions. If you kill all the regular
sessions, a regular user session initiates automatically.
Select Option 5 - Quit to close the current session and the TCP connection.