Geoff Jacobs
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:06:12 -0700
Amir Saad wrote: > I'm trying to build a small Beowulf cluster using 5 Ubuntu machines. I > did a lot of search and yet couldn't find a getting started guide. Any > ideas? > > All the articles I found are using RSH, is it possible to replace this > with password-less SSH? Would it be possible to use Ubuntu? Which > packages should I install to build the cluster? Yes, yes, see below. > Please advice. > > Thank you > > Amir The packages you need are openssh-server and openssh-client. The server should be on all machines you must sign in to, the client on the machines you wish to sign in from. Here's a guide on setting up ssh so passwords will not be required (just keys): http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/152 -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf