Shells

Appendix B Data ONTAP 8.0 7-Mode Administration

Module Objectives
By the end of this module, you should be able to: Distinguish between administration and system shells Enable the diag user Login to the system shell

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Shells
Data ONTAP 8.0 7-mode has two shells:
Administration shell
Normal operations with privileged levels
Use priv set to configure

System shell
Used for low-level diagnostic purposes Customers instructed to only ask the system shell under guidance of technical support

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System Shell Access

Only the diagnostic user may access the system shell
Diagnostic account is predefined but disabled by default

To perform lower diagnostics, you must:

1. Enable the diagnostic account 2. Access the system shell

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1. Enable Diagnostic Account

To enable the diagnostic account: Change to the advanced privileged level
system> priv set advanced

Unlock the diagnostic account:

system*> useradmin diaguser unlock

Set the diagnostic account (required):

system*> useradmin diaguser password Please enter a new password: Please enter it again:

Verify the diagnostic account:

system*> useradmin diaguser show Name: diag Info Account for access to systemshell Locked: no
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2. Access the System Shell

To access the system shell: Change to the advanced privileged level:
system> priv set advanced

To enter the system shell:

system*> systemshell Data ONTAP/i386 (nodename) (ttyp0) login: diag Password: system%

To exit the system shell:

system% exit logout system*>

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Operations at System Shell

The following operation may be performed at the system shell:
whoami ps top uname -a

Other commands that Technical Support requests

7-Mode administrators normally do not need to access the FreeBSD system shell
Use with the direction of Technical Support only
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Module Summary
In this module, you should have learned to: Distinguish between administration and system shells Enable the diag user Login to the system shell

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