Secure parallel execution tools (was: Unattended linux updates)

[mick at pauldotcom.com (Michael Douglas)]

rsudo is another such tool
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rsudo/

- Mick

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Steve
Bernacki<pauldotcom at f.copacetic.net> wrote:
> We currently use cfengine for configuration management, but I've been
> looking for other tools to assist with ad-hoc parallel execution tasks
> across multiple systems. ? Someone mentioned "func" in the unattended
> linux updates thread, which I've looked at before. ?However, it
> essentially opens up yet another remote execution vector that I'd need
> to audit and justify separately from SSH and cfengine, which is
> something I'd like to avoid. ?Since we already have SSH keys deployed on
> these systems, I'd like to take advantage of the tools we already have
> in place.
>
> My research has turned up three options that sound interesting, and I'm
> curious if anyone has had any experience (good or bad) with these tools,
> or others like them:
>
> - Rgang
> ?http://fermitools.fnal.gov/abstracts/rgang/abstract.html
>
> - Rshall
> ?http://www.occam.com/tools/
>
> - Tentakel
> ?http://tentakel.biskalar.de/
>
> All three of these tools utilize SSH and support parallel command
> execution. ?I'm sure there are more out there as well. ?Any comments or
> insight would be appreciated.
>
> Best regards,
> Steve
>
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