Chapter 6
PSESH Command Reference
This chapter describes how to access and use the PSESH shell command line tool to
configure your SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM appliances. It provides detailed
syntax descriptions for each available command.
About PSESH
The PSESH shell command line tool provides access to the SafeNet ProtectServer
Network HSM shell for performing basic appliance configuration tasks such as
network configuration and appliance software package updates and management.
PSESH commands are not case sensitive.
Access to PSESH is via SSH or the local console.
Users
PSESH supports the following users:
The pseoperator user is responsible for configuring the appliance for
client access.
The pseoperator user is able to execute the PSESH commands used
to configure the appliance network parameters such as IP addresses,
iptables, and routes etc., as well as appliance settings such as the
date/time, SNMP configuration, etc.
The admin user is responsible for managing the appliance.
The admin user is able to execute all of the PSESH commands
available to the pseoperator, as well as commands used to perform
package upgrades/installations, troubleshooting, viewing log files, and
extracting log files. The admin user is also able to reset the password
for the pseoperator user.
Features
PSESH provides the following features:
You can scroll through the commands you have entered on the PSESH
command line using the up/down arrows keys.
You must type sufficient letters of a command or sub-command to
make the input unique in the current syntax. For example, you could
invoke system syntax help with “help”, “hel”, “he”, but not just “h”
(because there is also an "hsm" command and typing just "h" is not
sufficient to indicate whether you want "help" or "hsm").
You can use the TAB key to automatically complete partially typed