Eoin D. Fleming wrote: > Does anyone have an idea as to how to do the following in a resonably secure > automated manner?
scp. Plain and simple. OpenSSH's sshd will allow you to connect to a box as root, even if the system has it disabled, and you do not have to worry about permissions or stuff being transmitted in the clear. > of the nature of the files they need to be encryped while in transit (not > all the machines have ssh/scp) so we would need to use standard > cryptographic function like crypt. Install sshd on the boxen that lack it. You will save time and things will be safer than hacking up a custom scripted solution. -- Josh Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Associate Systems Administrator INCOGEN, Inc.