From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 30 19:02:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA02496 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 19:02:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from edna.bus.net (edna.bus.net [207.41.24.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA02488 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 19:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from chuck@localhost) by edna.bus.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00178; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 22:01:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 22:01:13 -0400 (EDT) From: "Chuck O'Donnell" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: rdist Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am having trouble automating the distribution of system files to machines on our local network. Using rdist, I can update manually since if I set files to "rw-rw-r-- root wheel" since I am in the wheel group, but not if I am logged in as super-user, which means I can't run rdist through cron since cron runs setuid root. Actually, permission is denied for all of the r* commands (rsh, rcp, etc) issued by super-user, which I assume is for security reasons due to the absence of a password. I have tried setting up an /etc/hosts.equiv but according to ruserok(3), this file is ignored if the remote user is the super-user. I also tried a /root/.rhosts file, which did not work (I think this is also a security problem?). In case it matters, the version is FreeBSD 2.1R. If anyone has any suggestions, please respond directly as I am not subscribed to the questions mailing list. Thank you. Chuck O'Donnell