Secure Shell (SSH) in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 and 5.2

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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 authentication, in addition to user
-
based authenticati
on

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, as a specia
l 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 d
efault, HP SIM no longer verifies that a managed system’s 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 no
w lists system by name rather than IP address.

The SSH Bypass mechanism is now used on all CMS platforms when running a tool locally.