Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:26:51 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mikel <mikel@ocsny.com> Cc: mm@i.cz, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: distributing software updates to boxes on a network Message-ID: <388F2E5B.BD454D41@softweyr.com> References: <XFMail.000126113613.mm@i.cz> <388EF5B7.9712A2C4@ocsny.com>
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Mikel wrote:
>
> Martin Machacek wrote:
> >
> > have a master that keeps binaries and configuration for all routers/servers and
> > uses rsync (preferrably over ssh) to distribute them to target machine. This
> > scheme of course assumes that target machines have local harddisks. The big
> > advantage of this scheme is security. [...]
>
> I find that an interesting possibility...I wouldn't mind hearing mor about it in
> the future...I've used rsync for mail, and account synchronization...but never
> thought about total reinstall before...;)
>
> I've also used fetch which works amazingly well and it relatively simple in its
> approach...the down side is to fetch is the need for either ftp or http services...
So use scp instead.
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