From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 23:04:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C64106566B for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:04:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from the.real.david.allen@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC8F08FC08 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk31 with SMTP id 31so2105436qyk.13 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Wl6TCDZv7ym1BGiEtSYca//tu4/KmKlIqjHnbPestwA=; b=xw3OBZj4wbNA50f7HQeXYrGt/uWbxwWIcVGAq1j7kb9Xf65RfmFzLiXskdc4PHUBlD EQasAOOCUml/6pdTZ5XGTv5zyrlVqnnGY+CMqPK031kiXttu2fXmyCiaUC7139sIFFFM VylLjUOEZV+uguf26rMBWZil1NdxKnumMVRVU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=r+HgGv1HMrAJNU2g1J3GN4GBoZXtBJzj43CVXKGucv1n108oJNbDszkRma6GbPYDcb 7sXfDHd7pxsuH7LI1fjU/jfjxmhBkOjveONsPtQYe4iWX1KVRUZjvElT4zDu+Eu+OfzO hb58heObCZ7aar0m/n5351sSMSXzdRe6MA2xo= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.71.136 with SMTP id h8mr1673528vcj.135.1285369485868; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.192.72 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:04:45 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Allen To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Multiple Machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 23:04:47 -0000 Multiple Machines This is sort of a "best practices" kind of question so all comments are welcome. I'm wondering what folks are doing when setting up multiple (more than 1, but less than 10) machines. Consider, for example, some ordinary files such as the following: /root/.cshrc /root/.bashrc # toor account /root/.bash_profile # toor account /home/username/.bashrc /home/username/.bash_profile /etc/make.conf /etc/src.conf /etc/fstab # nfs mount entries /etc/resolv.conf /etc/ntp.conf Some files are identical, some require different permissions, and some (like fstab) consist of customizations that need to be added. Short of enabling root ssh logins or writing makefiles, what would be the best approach to handing the above? Thanks.