>Another way is to set up a cvs or 
> subversion repository and use this to distribute the config 
> file. Has the additional bonus of being able to trace back 
> how the config file was changed.

Like it!

Couple of other responses also suggested cfengine (And combining cvs
with cfengine) - So I'll definitely look into both.

> 
> >
> > 2. What about logfiles - We would have all users mail etc on an NFS 
> > share - Can you do the same for logfiles?(Or do you get locking
> > issues?) - From a statistical aspect, it would be a pain to have to 
> > collaborate each "real" servers logfiles, then run 
> analysis. Also from 
> > a support perspective - How are support personnel supposed to know 
> > which "real" server a client would actually be connecting 
> to in order 
> > to see if they are entering a wrong username/pass etc?
> 
> Use a dedicated server for logging and have all servers send 
> the log to that over the network.
>

Can do that with Apache/horde - but qmail cannot(?) when using
multilog..might ask on the qmail list.
 
> >
> > 3. Imaging of Servers[...]
> 
> No idea.
> 
> <http://infrastructures.org> is a very useful web site about 
> administrating machines that are supposed to stay the same.

Ta - quite a bit of reading there!

Regards,
MB
 

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