"Jeff Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm wondering how the rest of the community is managing updates of
> root (and other local account) passwords in a virtual sprawl
> environment (or a physical environment with lots of hosts).
> I have read about things like expect, puttycs, centralize wi
Jeff Larsen wrote:
We are using the free VMware Server on CentOS 4. Almost all of our VMs
are CentOS 4 as well. We have 7 VMware hosts with about 40 total
virtual machines. It's been a very successful architecture for us.
I'm wondering how the rest of the community is managing updates of
root (a
Theres nothing unique about VM's vs. standard machine deployments, you're
looking at a standard UNIX admin practice. I personally run cfengine for
maintaining everything configuration-related across all *NIX'es, and
LDAP/kerberos (via AD) for all non-root logins, across our entire enterprise.
We are using the free VMware Server on CentOS 4. Almost all of our VMs
are CentOS 4 as well. We have 7 VMware hosts with about 40 total
virtual machines. It's been a very successful architecture for us.
I'm wondering how the rest of the community is managing updates of
root (and other local accoun