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replicating an aliase file
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aixmurderer
IS-IT--Management
Nothing stopping you from doing this. Simply copy the file to the other server and issue the "newalaliases" command afterwards to make it active.
I keep a copy of all such files in a central repository on a seperate server, and by using rdist distribute them to the servers involved. It makes it easier to maintain, only one file to edit.
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I keep a copy of all such files in a central repository on a seperate server, and by using rdist distribute them to the servers involved. It makes it easier to maintain, only one file to edit.
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After you told something about "rdist" I had a look into the manpages. Seems to be a very interesting mechanism.
Are you able to give me a short example distfile and
the needed usage of "rdist" in order to distribute something?
My first experiments didn't work... without error messages.
Are there additional configurations on AIX in order to get it work?
regards
Ruediger
Are you able to give me a short example distfile and
the needed usage of "rdist" in order to distribute something?
My first experiments didn't work... without error messages.
Are there additional configurations on AIX in order to get it work?
regards
Ruediger
aixmurderer
IS-IT--Management
Fairly simple. Create a file called whatever, in my case I called it "dfile"
Place this in the file, replacing the local path and remote server name with your details:
/local/path/to/file/aliases-> remote_server_name
install /etc/aliases ;
special "newaliases" ;
Make sure the aliases file has the same permissions and ownership as the file on the remote server else you will get errors.
To verify without update: rdist -vf /path/to/dfile
To execute: rdist -f /path/to/dfile
Rdist can be used more securely via ssh, but it is necessary to use non-password authentication (i.e. public key/knownhosts) as you cannot pass passwords. To do this use the following:
rdist -P /usr/local/bin/ssh -f /path/to/dfile
I simply created a script called sdist with this in it and place it in /usr/bin:
rdist -P /usr/local/bin/ssh $1 $2
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Place this in the file, replacing the local path and remote server name with your details:
/local/path/to/file/aliases-> remote_server_name
install /etc/aliases ;
special "newaliases" ;
Make sure the aliases file has the same permissions and ownership as the file on the remote server else you will get errors.
To verify without update: rdist -vf /path/to/dfile
To execute: rdist -f /path/to/dfile
Rdist can be used more securely via ssh, but it is necessary to use non-password authentication (i.e. public key/knownhosts) as you cannot pass passwords. To do this use the following:
rdist -P /usr/local/bin/ssh -f /path/to/dfile
I simply created a script called sdist with this in it and place it in /usr/bin:
rdist -P /usr/local/bin/ssh $1 $2
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IBM Certified Flabbergasted - AIX 5 pSeries System Administration
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