Oops - of course I meant to write "should NOT be confused" rather than "should be confused".
Sorry for the confusion :-) ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Lightner Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:00 PM To: Patrick; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] login through veritas Right - you should pretty much be able to hit any open port with the telnet command which should be confused with the "telnetd" daemon that uses port 23. It's a good basic test when you want to see if connectivity to a given port is an issue. It has nothing to do with being able to actually access the service listening on that port unless that service is poorly written. ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:17 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] login through veritas You can telnet to a client (or media or master server) by: telnet <client name> [bpcd | vnetd ] This will get you a prompt and is a good test of connectivity and configuration, however as soon as you hit the carriage return you should get a disconnect message and be returned to the original prompt. Regards, Patrick Whelan Whelan Consulting Limited VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for UNIX. VERITAS Certified NetBackup Support Engineer for Microsoft Windows. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts Sent: 05 February 2008 18:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] login through veritas On Feb 5, 2008 11:27 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know if there's a way to get a shell prompt through Veritas Netbackup using telnet? No it's not. > Also, what username does netbackup use and why isn't it in /etc/passwd? > It actually is in /etc/passwd. It uses the username provided by the inetd or xinetd service - typically this is root. > (Does Netbackup use a shell when it backs up clients and can this shell be accessed manually using telnet to log into a client.) On Unix (and Windows) systems, it does not use a shell - it connects to the bpcd port. (usually 13782) In the system administration guides, there is a great explanation with diagrams of what the communication paths are - i.e. who talks to who. On VMS clients, it does use a shell - the inetd-equivalent service spawns a shell that simply runs the bpcd image. You can't execute DCL commands through this ports. The service definition determines what username to use - on my VMS systems, it's not the SYSTEM account. You can telnet to the port on the client, but you won't get a shell. telnet never has, and never will, equate to running a shell. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ----------------------------------
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