On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:56:55 -0800 (PST), Torleiv Flatebo Ringer <ringert at consumption.net> wrote: > If you have shared config elements that span across all of the > platforms, then it makes sense to template the commonalities. Otherwise > if they are different enough then treat them all separately. > > Let's say you have the same LoginGraceTime value for each platform. You > would change one file that would then generate all of your configs with > the same value. > > Source file: > > LoginGraceTime 600 > PermitRootLogin no > > Target template 1: > > LoginGraceTime [% logingracetime %] > PermitRootLogin [% permitrootlogin %] > MyOSSpecificStanza1 MyOSSpecificValue1 > > Target template 2: > > LoginGraceTime [% logingracetime %] > PermitRootLogin [% permitrootlogin %] > MyOSSpecificStanza2 MyOSSpecificValue2 > > Target template 3: > > LoginGraceTime 300 > PermitRootLogin yes > MyOSSpecificStanza1 MyOSSpecificValue1 > Interesting.. We have about 100+ servers to do this to. Where can I find more documentation on it, and in a quick overview what else needs to be installed to make it work? I'm already facing strict opposition of implementing SSH (DON'T ASK!!!). If anything else besides the packages required for SSH needs to be installed, I might as well kiss SSH implementation goodbye. -- -Shawn -Nemo me impune lacessit. Ne Obliviscaris..