ssadm(1M)

NAME
ssadm - command line interface to SunScreen administration

AVAILABILITY
SUNWicgSA

SYNOPSIS
ssadm [-b] [-n] sub-command [parameters...]
ssadm [-b] [-n] -r remotehost [-F ticketfile] sub-command [parameters...]

DESCRIPTION
ssadm is the primary command-line tool for SunScreen administration. ssadm has a number of sub-commands that perform various operations, such as editing a SunScreen configuration, activating a SunScreen configuration, and examing the status of a Screen.

ssadm can be run directly on the Screen it is accessing, or it can be run on a remote administration station. In this case, it communicates over a SKIP-encrypted network connection to the Screen it is accessing.

OPTIONS

-b  Allow binary data (instead of text) in standard input and output.

-n  Do not read any input from standard input.

-r remotehost
    Access remote Screen using address/hostname remotehost.

-F ticketfile
    Use authorization ticket stored in ticketfile.

sub-command
    The available ssadm sub-commands are each described in their respective man pages in this section (1M). For example, see ssadm-activate(1M) for information on the activate sub-command.

The -b option normally isn't needed because those commands that process binary data enable the binary mode automatically. For example, ssadm backup, ssadm restore, ssadm log, ssadm logdump, and ssadm patch handle binary data, even if -b is not specified.

ACCESS CONTROL
When ssadm is executed locally on the Screen (that is, without the -r option), no login or authentication is required, but the user must be superuser to have any effect.

When ssadm is used with the -r option to access a remote Screen, login authentication is required. The user must use the ssadm login command to get a ticket, which is used by subsequent invocations of ssadm to allow access to the remote Screen. Normally the ticket is stored in a ticketfile, the name of which can be specified using the -F option, or via the SSADM_TICKET_FILE environment variable. See ssadm-login(1M) for information about ticket files and remote administration using ssadm.

SEE ALSO
ssadm-activate(1M), ssadm-active(1M), ssadm-algorithm(1M), ssadm-backup(1M), ssadm-debug_level(1M), ssadm-edit(1M), ssadm-ha(1M), ssadm-lock(1M), ssadm-log(1M), ssadm-logdump(1M), ssadm-login(1M), ssadm-logout(1M), ssadm-logstats(1M), ssadm-patch(1M), ssadm-policy(1M), ssadm-product(1M), ssadm-restore(1M), ssadm-spf2efs(1M), ssadm-sys_info(1M), ssadm-traffic_stats(1M)