[NTLUG:Discuss] Suggestions requested...

[MadHat]

David Stokes wrote:
> 
> I was actually playing with the idea of using RPMs and autorpm for
> generic system changes but never proceeded very far. An RPM full of
> RPMS seems inelegant :-)

well, I am looking at the cfconfig thing and you could use that to run
RPM on another system.  I like the idea of using RPMs as it keeps track
of what was installed when and all.

> 
> I just received a disk in the mail for CA's Unicenter for use with
> Redhat, so the enterprize stuff is on the way. I'll have to spin the
> disk up and see what it DOES Do but the literature makes it look like
> HP Openview meets rdist.
> 

I have looked at it on other systems, they added way to much overhead
(MHO).  I think it works off of SNMP which I haven't ever been fond of,
but hey, everything sucks, just some things don't suck as much as
others.

-- 
MadHat