PSESH Commands

This chapter describes how to access and use the PSESH shell command line tool to configure your SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM appliances.

The commands are presented alphabetically and provide:

>a brief description of the command function

>the command syntax and parameter descriptions

>usage examples.

The top-level commands are as follows:

Argument(s)

Description

audit Manage HSM auditing tasks. Only available to the audit user. See audit.

exit

Exit the PSESH shell. See exit.

files

Manage the files that have been transferred to the appliance’s SCP directory. See files.

help

Display syntax help for the specified command. You can use the ? symbol instead of the string help as an alternative way of displaying the help. See help.

hsm

Display the current state of the HSM, or reset the HSM if it becomes unresponsive. See hsm.

network

View or configure the network settings for the SafeNet ProtectServer Network HSM appliance. See network.

package

Manage the software packages installed on the appliance. See package.

service

Manage the services on the appliance. See service.

status

Display the current status of the appliance. See status.

sysconf

Configure the appliance time, date, or SNMP settings, or reboot or power-off the appliance. See sysconf.

syslog

Display or archive the syslog. See syslog

user

Set or change the password of the current user. See user password.