[TriLUG] Issuing a command to multiple machines simultaneously

[Chess Griffin]

Paul McLanahan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I manage a few Linux boxen at $work. They're not all exactly alike,
> but the are all running Ubuntu Hardy Server, and quite often I have to
> issue the same command to all of them to do things like package
> upgrades, installs, etc.. I'd like to setup a system that will allow
> me to issue the command in a client of some type, which will cause the
> command to run of all of the machines, and send the output back to me.
> I've seen this done in the past, but I can not seem find how it was
> done, and my googling has turned up a couple of rsh tutorials, but
> unless I'm missing something, just rsh isn't going to get this done.
> 
> Thanks for any advice,
> 
> Paul McLanahan

Although I have not personally tried any of these, I have heard good 
things about:

Tentakel; <-- this is supposed to be very cool
Multixterm;
dsh;
cluster ssh

I would love to hear what you end up using and how well it works.

-- 
Chess Griffin
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http://www.chessgriffin.com

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