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# 1  
Old 09-17-2007
Copy a file to multiple hosts
Hi,

I need to copy a file ( say 1MB file ) to multiple hosts( no of machines is huge).
What would be the most optimal way of doing it with minimal user intervention ?

Thanks,
Sumit
# 2  
Old 09-17-2007
(1) if each machine has an anonymous ftp account then ftp it

(2) if you have an ssh public/private key pair for each machine then scp it

At the end of the day you need to pass authentication and then transfer the file.
# 3  
Old 09-17-2007
Can you please be more specific..
How would i do it for multiple hosts at one time..

With Ftp , I will have to run the same cmd over and over

even with scp i'll have to enter the credentials isn'it ?

Thanks,
# 4  
Old 09-18-2007
Hi.

Consider rdist:
Quote:
Rdist is a program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple
hosts.

-- excerpt from man rdist
cheers, drl
# 5  
Old 09-18-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by sumsriva
With Ftp , I will have to run the same cmd over and over
Yes.

Quote:
Originally Posted by sumsriva
even with scp i'll have to enter the credentials isn'it ?
Or use the public/private keys.
# 6  
Old 09-18-2007
I am currently using http://www.cfengine.org/ at work to manage about 100 servers from a single master configuration. It supports what you want and a lot more, if you don't mind installing another daemon and spending days for initial setup on each machine.
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