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Old 10-08-2008
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can you do this as user mbaker:


Code:
for host in `cat hostlist`; do ssh $host sudo -u root ifconfig -a;done
without being asked for a password? (In Solaris, only root can see MAC address - it's a harmless test).

Depending on how your systems are config'd, you may be able to sudo without providing a password. If you DO need a password to do the sudo, you could add some scripting magic to wait and apply the password, but it's not terribly secure...