I have 2 clustered hosts, is it possible for me to issue a netstat command against 1 host from the other ?

i think that's possible, on a hpux box i did it with

Thanks, but I'm not allowed to use rsh (I've just found this out) I think that ssh is the way to go. I'm currently trying to script an ssh logon, but I'm falling foul of the password, is there a way to write a shell script so that it passes ssh my password at the appropriate time ?

Why don't you setup key-based authentication between the hosts? Just look up the man pages - its quite easy.

I have set up rsa authentication, works a treat, thanks guys.