Oops - meant to include this:
Import printers
Run:
usr/sbin/Red Hat-config-printer-tui --Xexport > settings.xml    
....on the already configured host

There are options to import (merge) or overwrite any existing printer
settings or to update the existing settings with new entries.

/usr/sbin/Red Hat-config-printer-tui --Ximport < settings.xml
/usr/sbin/Red Hat-config-printer-tui --Ximport --merge < settings.xml


On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Vanco Backup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Ahmed Kamal
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm admining around 30 RHEL-WS workstations for electronics CAD users.
>> Currently, everything is manual. I have to update third party packages and
>> settings (think printers, flash player upgrades ... etc) manually. I am
>> starting to hate that :D I know a potential solution is to use something
>> like puppet to manage everything. However, I am interested to see if anyone
>> is using some other way to manage such a scenario. Perhaps pushing a central
>> "golden image" to all clients? perhaps PXE booting a fixed image ?
>
> If the limit is likely to stay near this number I'd install them all
> via a common kickstart, and then have an "alpha server" on which I'd
> set up2date to retain the downloaded packages.  I'd then export the
> cache via FTP and glob update/freshen/install all other servers
> against it.  Depending on what you deem necessary from an "update
> frequency" standpoint you can add a common cron job to run updates...
>
> I do this now with things like extra packages and printer configs -
> may take some work get the kickstart tweaked as you require, but once
> done it's a cakewalk.
>
> Additionally, I write a couple specialized scripts to run serial
> commands on subsets of machines, and there's a few projects out there
> for "cluster shell" functionality (more parallel than serial
> execution) that may offer some desired functionality.
>
> If you expect to grow beyond 50 or so units, or foresee a lot of skew
> between them, a solution like puppet or RH Satellite are likely in
> order.
>

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