script to copy a file on multiple machines

Hi All,

I need to copy a startup file in /etc/rc2.d directory in approximately 70 sun workstations. I would like to write a korn shell script for this.

Since /etc/rc2.d has write permissions only to root, I need to login as root. How do I login to a remote host within a script?

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks,
Meena

Remote permissions or security policy may already be in your way. rcp is a security hole.

Investigate:


your company policy on remote access for rcp may be be a problem.

You can use FTP, remsh or rlogin as well to do what you need. Chances are, because of security, that it may be easier to do this manually unless you will have to do this often.