[plug] automating a task

[Adam Ashley]

or set ssh up to use public key authentication so you dont need to enter
a password

Adam

On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 09:37, William Kenworthy wrote:
> check out "man expect".
> 
> Also something like unison or rsync may simplyfy some of the steps for
> you.
> 
> BillK
> 
> On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 09:38, Jon L. Miller wrote:
> > I would like to autmate a particular task to several servers we are
> > responsible for and I would like to know if it's possible to do from a
> > script on a main server.  Each server is accessed via ssh and a file
> > needs to be copied to a certain location and several commands needs to
> > run.  Since I'm not a script guru or programmer can this be done via  a
> > script?  The tasks are 
> > 1) login via ssh
> > 2) scp a file from main server
> > 3) stop a process
> > 4) update the copied file
> > 5) start the process
> > 6) exit the server
> > 7) goto next server.
> > 8) repeat steps 1-7, until last server.
> > 
> > Problem I see deals with passing a password via the script, unless a
> > variable can be set before hand.
> > 
> > Another question/issue can I create a account with the appropiate rights
> > to handle this process instead of the root account.  By this, can I
> > create a account make it a member of a group and assign the group the
> > correct rights -- is this correct?
> > 
> > Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> >