diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/rcons b/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
index 2d19ecdd1..2dcfc3acf 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/rcons
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ fi
 #NOTE: IPv6 is not good with the below if going by IP, needs more sophisticated
 #parsing
 CONSERVER=`echo $CONSERVER|cut -d: -f 1`
-if [ ! -f $HOME/.consolerc ]; then
-	echo 'config * {' > $HOME/.consolerc
-	echo "	port 782;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
-	echo "	sslenabled yes;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
-	echo "	sslauthority $HOME/.xcat/ca.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
-	echo "	sslcredentials $HOME/.xcat/client-cred.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
-	echo '}' >> $HOME/.consolerc
+
+#NOTE: on SuSE(at least SLES11), SSL is not complied in the application "console"; 
+#so SuSE doesn't need the configuration in the file .consolerc
+
+if [ ! -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
+    if [ ! -f $HOME/.consolerc ]; then
+	    echo 'config * {' > $HOME/.consolerc
+	    echo "	port 782;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	    echo "	sslenabled yes;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	    echo "	sslauthority $HOME/.xcat/ca.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	    echo "	sslcredentials $HOME/.xcat/client-cred.pem;" >> $HOME/.consolerc
+	    echo '}' >> $HOME/.consolerc
+    fi
 fi
 
 exec console $FORCE -M $CONSERVER $1