What if you went the other way? Instead of pushing the files, the clients "grab" them. Would allowing root to ssh in only to the "main" server be a problem? -Matt On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:44:01 -0700 "Sashikanth Madduri" <mail.to.sashi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > I am writing a script to update password files from the server to > all the clients in the network. > > I will be copying the following files periodically to all the clients: > > /etc/passwd > /etc/shadow > /etc/group > > scp is one option to do the remote copying. But, root ssh is disabled > in the clients and I cannot use scp. Is there any alternative > way(other than scp) to do this. Do I have to enable root ssh inorder > to do a remote copy of the above files. Please help. > > PS: I am not using NIS for password management. > > Thank you. > > Sashikanth Madduri. > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
