Operating instructions

Appendix
58
5
Remote Maintenance by Telnet (mshell)
You can view the printer status and configure the network interface board using
telnet.
Note
❒
You should use a password so that only the network administrator, or a per-
son having network administrator privileges, can use remote maintenance
(mshell).
Operation Flow
The following is a sample procedure using telnet.
Limitation
❒
Only one person at a time can log on to do remote maintenance.
A
Using the IP address or host name of the printer, start telnet.
% telnet
IP_address
Note
❒
In order to use the host name instead of the IP address, you must write it
to the /etc/hosts file.
B
Type the password.
Note
❒
The factory default is “password”.
C
Type a command.
Reference
For more information on telnet commands, see P.59
“Command List”
.
D
Finish telnet.
msh> logout
When the configuration is revised, a confirmation message requests whether
or not the changes should be saved.
E
Type “yes” to save the changes and press the
{
ENTER }
key.
If you do not want to save the changes, type “no”and press the
{
ENTER }
key.
If you want to make additional changes, type “return” at the command line,
and press the
{
ENTER }
key.
Note
❒
If the “Can not write NVRAM information” message appears, the changes
are not saved. Repeat the steps above.