From owner-freebsd-net Wed Jan 26 8:45:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from goodnet.com (goodnet.com [207.98.129.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B79F151C9 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:45:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from weyrich@goodnet.com) Received: from localhost (weyrich@localhost) by goodnet.com with ESMTP id JAA09666; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:40:43 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 09:40:42 -0700 (MST) From: Weyrich Computing Consulting To: graeme.n.brown@bt.com Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: distributing software updates to boxes on a network In-Reply-To: <71DA16F18D32D2119A1D0000F8FE9A9402B5A3D2@mbtlipnt01.btlabs.bt.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Try rdist orville. On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 graeme.n.brown@bt.com wrote: > Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:08:20 -0000 > From: graeme.n.brown@bt.com > To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: distributing software updates to boxes on a network > > I want to develop unicast routing software and deliver/share new versions > to FreeBSD PC routers on a test network under my administration in an > automated hands-off way. I would appreciate suggestions for any neat ways > of doing this. > > In the past I have tried doing this > > (i) via NFS where master version of S/W is held on an NFS server with > individulal routers mounting exported directory for the s/w and thus > all routers can execute same uptodate version of code > > OR > > (ii) via each router running a PERL script which does an ftp download > of the s/w from an ftp server and then compiles/runs new version of > code. > > TIA > > Graeme Brown > BT Adastral Park, UK > email: graeme.n.brown@bt.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Orville R. Weyrich, Jr. Weyrich Computer Consulting mailto:orville@weyrich.com KD7HJV http://www.weyrich.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our online collection of book reviews: http://www.weyrich.com/book_reviews/ Ask about our world wide web services! ------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message