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/usr/bin/openipmish

IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

From openipmi 2.0.37-r12 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running openipmish --help (exit 0). permalink

/usr/bin/openipmish is a program that gives access to the OpenIPMI library from a command
line.  It is designed to be script driven.  Format is:
  /usr/bin/openipmish [options]
Options are:
  --execute <string> - execute the given string at startup.  This may be
    entered multiple times for multiple commands.
  -x <string> - same as --execute
  --dlock - turn on lock debugging.
  --dmem - turn on memory debugging.
  --drawmsg - turn on raw message tracing.
  --dmsg - turn on message tracing debugging.
  --dmsgerr - turn on printing out low-level message errors.
  --glib - use glib for the OS handler.
  --snmp - turn on SNMP trap handling.
  --help - This output.
Options (7)
OptionDescriptionSource
--execute stringThis may be entered multiple times for multiple commands.help
--dmsgTurn on message debugging, this will dump all messages to debug log output. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--drawmsgTurn on raw message debugging, this will dump all low-level messages to debug log output. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--dmemTurn on memory debugging, this will cause memory allocation and deallocations to be checked. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--dlockTurn on lock debugging, this will check lock operations to make sure that locks are help in all the proper places and make sure that locks are properly nested. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--snmpEnable the SNMP trap handler. (in the manual page but not in --help)man
--helpHelp output (in the manual page but not in --help)man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.