ipmi0 doesn't exist, when it does

Asked Jan 21 '18 at 23:05

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On my Ubuntu 16.04 server (Asrock E3C224D2I), I can't run ipmitool. It complains that it Could not open device at /dev/ipmi0 or /dev/ipmi/0 or /dev/ipmidev/0: No such file or directory.

Output of ls /dev/ipmi*:

# ls /dev/ipmi* /dev/ipmi0

Output of lsmod | grep -i ipmi:

# lsmod | grep -i ipmi ipmi_ssif 24576 0 ipmi_si 57344 0 ipmi_devintf 20480 0 ipmi_msghandler 49152 3 ipmi_ssif,ipmi_devintf,ipmi_si

I can in fact navigate to the IPMI web interface, but can't log in as I don't know the password.

How do I fix this?

asked Jan 21 '18 at 23:05

Fela Maslen

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I assume you've already checked /dev/ipmi0 permissions? Also, you're running as root? – Albert Chu Jan 24 '18 at 16:45
Yup, running as root. Permissions on /dev/ipmi0 are crw-r--r--. – Fela Maslen Jan 26 '18 at 16:40
https://serverfault.com/questions/480371/ipmitool-cant-find-dev-ipmi0-or-dev-ipmidev-0 – Eva May 17 '22 at 10:07

IPMITool complains that /dev/ipmi0 doesn't exist, when it does

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