[ale] [Kind of OT] Love that SSH PK authentication!

[Jonathan Glass]

Sweet!  Just got this to work last week.  Thought it was a nice
feature.  Just now wrote a script to connect to all of my boxes, have
each box download and install the latest sendmail from MY workstation,
and send me the results.  9 machines in the first batch, total time,
like 3 minutes (max).  Why didn't I think of this earlier?

I'm thinking about writing a pseudo up2date
server/package/scriptlet/thingie...

1) Download updates to web server from GT RHN mirror (rsync?)
2) Have script connect to each workstation and run "rpm -Fvh " on each
file from the web server (rpm -Fvh
http://ibb-250.ibb.gatech.edu/updates/rh8.0/sendmailxxx.rpm), using PK
so I don't have to supply passwords.
3) Have script email me log of all machines updated and their update
response.

If I get this to work smoothly, would anyone want a copy?

Hmm...now if I could just figure out how to script driving to the
office.... :)
-- 
Jonathan Glass
Systems Support Specialist II
Institute for Bioengineering & Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology
404.385.0127

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