Re: [Ipmitool-devel] ipmitool Bugs/Patches/Enhancements Update

[Hank B. <ha...@jb...>]

This may help. It's from the Java counterpart to ipmitool that's used in
data centers and mentions the password sizes.
http://www.jblade.com:8080/jbpublic/products/retuli/ipmiCx/doc/javadoc/com/jblade/lib/retuli/ipmi/std/session/JbIpmiRmcpSessionAccountPassword.html
and a more general overview.
http://www.jblade.com:8080/jbpublic/products/retuli/ipmiCx/doc/programmers/RetuliIpmiCxProgrammersGuideOverview.html
Hank



On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Jim Mankovich <jm...@hp...> wrote:

>  Duncan,
>
> I already have a fix for the 16 character username problem.   I already
> posted a patch for it to the Patch tracker
> for version 1.8.11 and I was going to post a patch for it to TOB after I
> complete the Threshold/Discrete/Analog
> Display issue which is currently in review.   If you look closely you will
> see I assigned these defect to myself.
>
> Both of the defects you mention are for the same issue, the problem is
> that ipmitool permits a user to specify greater
> than 16 character passwords.   The IPMI password length limit is 16.
>
> I'll try to post a patch for review for the 16 character username limit
> sometime this week.
>
> Do you what you can with the resources you have a hand.
> Any/All help is much appreciated.
>
> -- Jim Mankovich | jm...@hp... --
>
>
> On 4/23/2012 12:22 PM, Duncan Idaho wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Jim Mankovich <jm...@hp...> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> report and I could not find any existing resolution to in the TOB CVS for
>> ipmitool.   If anyone
>> has any time to work on ipmitool, please look at Tracker items first for
>> something to do.
>>
>>
> Time, yes(sometimes). Machines to test at? No.
> And some stuff, well the most of it, will require some IPMI capable
> hardware to test and develop at. So it won't be that easy to get devs.
>
> Anyway. Once we agree on code in 'lib/ipmi_user.c', I could take a look at
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3001519&group_id=95200&atid=610550and
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3184687&group_id=95200&atid=610550. That's where they'll go right? btw this sounds like a BMC(IPMI stack) to
> me as well and reportee should report it to his vendor.
>
> --Duncan
>
>
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