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sandy16
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Jan 02, 2013

getitng out of tmsh mode when using ldap access

Hi, we ssh to our big-ips using remote-ldap authentication. I see that it takes you by default to the tmsh mode and if i do a "quit" to exit out of it so that I can get to the regular shell, it close...
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hoolio
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Jan 02, 2013
If you run !bash and you have console access you can get to a bash prompt using remote auth.

 

 

You can also hack this a bit and add an entry to /etc/passwd for remote users to have them logged in with a bash shell by default. This isn't supported but should work.

 

 

my_remote_user:x:0:0:my_remote_user:/home/my_remote_user:/bin/bash

 

 

There's an open request for enhancement to support bash as a terminal option for remotely authenticated users:

 

Bug 358740 - RFE Allow bash as a shell option for remote users

 

 

You can open a case with F5 Support to request this RFE be built.

 

 

Aaron
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