rdist as root

2001-02-22 Thread Erik van der Meulen
Hi, I would like to migrate to a new server. It seems like a good idea to use rdist to keep the various config files in synce between the machines. This works very well if I run rdist as ordunary user, but not as root. This is required to be able to work with files in /etc. I get 'Connection refuse

Re: rdist as root?

1996-11-20 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Larry Daffner writes: > > Dirk Luetjens writes: > -> > -> How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ > -> tree to the other computers in the network? > > First, make a file "distfile", which will look something like: > > = > MACHINES = ( machine-a machi

Re: rdist as root?

1996-11-20 Thread Larry 'Daffy' Daffner
Dirk Luetjens writes: -> -> How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ -> tree to the other computers in the network? First, make a file "distfile", which will look something like: = MACHINES = ( machine-a machine-b machine-c ) FILES= ( /usr/local ) ${FILES}

Re: rdist as root?

1996-11-19 Thread Ricardo Kleemann
I just did this. You'd have to set up root with permission for rsh by putting a .rhosts in the root home directory. Beware of security issues though... On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Dirk Luetjens wrote: > > How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ > tree to the other comp

rdist as root?

1996-11-19 Thread Dirk Luetjens
How can I invoke a rdist command as root to distribute the /usr/local/ tree to the other computers in the network? Dirk -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]