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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 10:26:51 -0700
From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Organization: Softweyr LLC
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To: Mikel <mikel@ocsny.com>
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Subject: Re: distributing software updates to boxes on a network
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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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            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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