Ribbon strongly recommends that you enable Secure Shell (ssh) access only for linuxadmin, and for troubleshooting only, ideally restricted to key-based authentication and not passwords, and then disabled again. 


Enable ssh

Perform the following steps to enable ssh access.


StepAction
1

Log on through BMC as user linuxadmin.

2

Change to user root:

su root
3

Enter the following command and then press Enter:

enableSsh
4

At the prompt, enter y and then press Enter.


Disable ssh

Perform the following steps to disable ssh access.


StepAction
1

Log on through BMC as user linuxadmin

2

Change to user root:

su root
3

Enter the following command and then press Enter:

disableSsh
4

At the prompt, enter y and then press Enter.