Push
InfoPrint Manager to a remote system (unattended)
Important: The
pushinstallation method can seriously compromise network security if you are including principal passwords in the response files. If network security is a concern for you and if passwords are required to install InfoPrint on your systems, you should use
PullInfoPrint Manager to a remote system (unattended).
- You must be authorized to execute commands remotely for a "push" installation to work properly.
- The rshd and rexecd daemons must be running on the remote system to execute the remote installation scripts.
- Configuring the rshd and rexecd daemons requires a system administrator and might impact your network security.
To perform an unattended remote push
installation:
- Set up the InfoPrint Manager software server by following the instructions in Configuring the InfoPrint Manager software server.
- You must have the authority to open remote shells on each remote or target system.
The
root
user must appear in the.rhosts
file in root's home directory on each remote system (entercd ~
to discover root's home directory). You might have to create the.rhosts
file. If a.rhosts
file already exists, make sure that it contains host information like 2.2 below, and then go to step 3. To create the.rhosts
file, make sure that you are in root's home directory on the remote system and do this:- Create the file in VI :
vi .rhosts
- Add this line to the file:
hostname username
wherehostname
is the name of the InfoPrint Manager software server from which you are accessing the remote system, andusername
is your user name on the InfoPrint Manager software server. For example, if the InfoPrint Manager software server's name is linus, and you log on as root, you would enter:linus
root
- Save the file:
- Press the
Escape
key to clear VI's mode. - Type
:wq
and pressEnter
. This will save the file and exit VI.
- Press the
- Create the file in VI :
- From the InfoPrint Manager software server from which you want to
push
the software:- Update the
.netrc
file in root's home directory (entercd ~
to discover root's home directory). You might have to create this file (see the VI example above to create this file). The.netrc
file should contain this:machine
remote_target_serverlogin
useridpassword
passwordwhere remote_target_server is the remote or target AIX server to which you want to push the software. Supply the userid of
root
and root's password. - From root's home directory on the InfoPrint Manager software server, specify this at the AIX command line to set the necessary permissions
on the
.netrc
file:chmod 700 .netrc
- Copy the
/ipin_response
file from the/ip_remote/templates
directory to the/ip_remote/auto
directory by specifying this command:cp /ip_remote/templates/ipin_response /ip_remote/auto/remote_target_server
whereremote_target_server
is the name of the target server. Do this once for each machine that you want to configure.
- Update the