Am Mittwoch, 9. Juli 2003 21:04 schrieb xavier renaut: > Hello, > > i'm trying to install/configure a lot of debian boxes. > > i'm working on autoinstall and i think i'll be able > to make it work. > > autoinstall provide autoinst-read-debconf, > which reads all the answer i answered > to debconf once, and is able to give > thoses answers again to another autoinstall config. > > > However, there will be always stuff > that debconf can't do. > > say, if i want > > - my ssh servers to run on another port, > - a specific syslog.conf > - some rewrite of /etc/passwd > > i currently don't know any way of doing it easily beside manually. > > > i thought about doing it in a script. (which i'll > execute on every machine.) > > later including this script in a postconfig of a dummy package, > the sole purpose of this package would be to postconfigure > the box. > > i tought about doing a "bastille" personalized perl script. > > > what are your experiences ? > > what do you suggest ?
Although I haven't used it, you might want to check out the " FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) for Debian GNU/Linux" on http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ I have used gnu cfengine, which can be a real pig to get it set up. Once you do get it set up however, it will work like a dream. It's made for maintaining lots and lots of machines. There is a webmin module for it, too. > > what would be the best way to do it ? apt-cache search cfengine dpsyco-cfengine - Automate applying of cfengine configs. cfengine - Tool for configuring and maintaining network machines cfengine-doc - HTML and INFO documentation for cfengine webmin-cfengine - cfengine module for webmin Start with the doc :-)) -- good luck, jochen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
