diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Client.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Client.pm
index f44e12b4c..6949797b5 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Client.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Client.pm
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ sub submit_request {
     SSL_ca_file => $ENV{HOME}."/.xcat/ca.pem",
     SSL_use_cert => 1,
     );
-  die "Connection failure: $!\n" unless ($client);
+  die "Connection failure: $@\n" unless ($client);
   my $msg=XMLout($request,RootName=>xcatrequest,NoAttr=>1,KeyAttr=>[]);
   print $client $msg;
   my $response;
diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/rcons b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/rcons
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4ed424df7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/rcons
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+CONSERVER=`nodels $1 nodehm.conserver`
+if [ -z $CONSERVER ]; then
+	CONSERVER=$XCATHOST
+fi
+if [ -z $CONSERVER ]; then
+	CONSERVER=localhost
+fi
+if [ ! -f $HOME/.consolerc ]; then
+	echo 'config * {' > $HOME/.consolerc
+	echo "	sslauthority $HOME/.xcat/ca.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	echo "	sslcredentials $HOME/.xcat/client-cred.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	echo '}' >> $HOME/.consolerc
+fi
+	
+exec console -M $CONSERVER $1
diff --git a/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/wcons b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/wcons
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6f57d6f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xCAT-client-2.0/bin/wcons
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#A placeholder wcons, a fuller port from 1.3 is needed
+if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ]; then
+	echo '$DISPLAY  not set'
+	exit 1
+fi
+NODES=`nodels $1`
+MYDIR=`dirname $0`
+for n in $NODES
+do
+	xterm -rv -name wcons -T $n -n $n -e $MYDIR/rcons $n &
+done