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| Remote Update |
| Computer languages | Perl + |
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| Documentation note | User README available in HTML format from http://www.viraj.org/remote_update/README |
| Full description | remote_update.pl is a script that uses Exp … remote_update.pl is a script that uses Expect, PERL, and SSH to perform automated remote administration on a large number of hosts. The script is given a set of passwords, a list of remote hosts, a collection of files to copy over, and a set of scripts to run on the remote hosts. The only thing required to be running on the remote machines is SSH. It tries to copy all of the needed files and scripts to the remote machine via SCP as a non-root user, SSH in as the non-root user, su to root on the remote machine if applicable, and then execute the scripts you provided. This process is cycled for every host given. su'ing to root can be turned off, and also the tasks can be parallelized in multiple processes.can be parallelized in multiple processes. |
| Homepage URL | http://www.viraj.org/ + |
| Interface | command-line + |
| Is GNU | false + |
| Keywords | Perl + , remote + , system administration + , remote_update + , remote update + , remote administration + , expect + , OpenSSH + |
| Last review by | Janet Casey + |
| Last review date | 17 May 2005 + |
| License | GPLv2orlater + |
| License verified by | Janet Casey + |
| License verified date | 22 August 2001 + |
| Name | Remote_Update + |
| Prerequisite description | expect + , expect/Tcl/tk libraries + , Open SSH (local and remote hosts) + |
| Prerequisite kind | Required to use + |
| Real name | Viraj Alankar + |
| Related projects | LazyFTP + , Remote GUD + , Dish + , Fallback-reboot + , RlCMP + , Rsnapshot + |
| Resource URL | mailto:valankar@bigfoot.com + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + , Developer + , Support + |
| Resource kind | E-mail + |
| Revisionid | 5,917 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 12 April 2011 09:57:27 + |
| Revisionuser | User:WikiSysop + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | Automates remote administration tasks + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| System-administration | remote-administration + |
| Use | system-administration + |
| User level | none + |
| Version comment | 1.6 stable released 2002-06-19 |
| Version date | 19 June 2002 + |
| Version download | http://www.viraj.org/remote_update/remote_update-1.6.tar.gz + |
| Version identifier | 1.6 + |
| Version status | stable + |
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 5 March 2013 22:00:39 + |
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| EmailThis property is a special property in this wiki. | valankar@bigfoot.com + |
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