Secure Shell (SSH) in HP SIM

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Appendix A: Changes in HP SIM 5.x
HP SIM 5.x includes a number of improvements to SSH handling:

Improved error reporting to make troubleshooting easier

Support for host
-
based and password authenti
cation, in addition to user
-
based authentication

A new utility,
sshuser
, for Windows systems replaces the
mkpasswd
tool.
o
This new tool resolves issues with domain users (the domain name is now included as
part of the user name).
o
It also supports users
who have not logged into a system,
because
a special home
directory is used.

The Configure or Repair Agents tool now includes SSH configuration for Windows, Linux,
and Unix systems.

The mxagent CMS process is no longer used.

Changes were made to the
handling of SSH keys with the
known_hosts
file
o
By default, HP SIM no longer verifies that a managed system SSH key matches the
key in the
known_hosts
file.
o
A new user interface allows the SSH key checking to be changed and enables keys
to be deleted from
the
known_hosts
file.
o
The
known_hosts
file now lists system by name rather than IP address.

The SSH Bypass mechanism is now used on all CMS platforms when running a tool locally.