multihost master.passwd sync

[Eric Anderson]

Andy Harrison wrote:
>>>Because we don't allow root login remotely, mandated from above.
>>
>>so you scp the file to a directory owned by a user designated to only do 
>>this function.. then have a cron job that fires up every so often that 
>>snags that file and updates the running master.passwd file..
> 
> 
> Root can't scp a file from one host to another where remote root login is not
> allowed.  

as root on localbox:
% scp /etc/master.passwd genericuser at remotebox:
works fine.. you just need to set the keys correctly..

Eric


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