ssh and pkgadd

[dandan123]

I would like to install a package on a bunch of servers. I'm trying to write a script on the lines of -

scp package <to destination>
ssh $remotehost 'pkgadd -d package'

How do I get the prompts that pkgadd generates on my local host ?

 

[Annihilannic]

Hi dandan123,

The best thing is to scp over an "admin" file with the package, and use the syntax pkgadd -n -a adminfile -d packagefile all.

The admin file contains something like (an example of one I used recently to upgrade and overwrite an existing package):

[tt]mail=
instance=overwrite
partial=ask
runlevel=ask
idepend=ask
rdepend=ask
space=ask
setuid=ask
conflict=ask
action=nocheck
basedir=default[/tt]

Type man -s 4 admin for documentation of the contents of an admin file.

Annihilannic.