[Linux-disciples] Deb and sudo

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 10:41:52PM -0500, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> You could just make a meta-package that depends on all the packages you
> want, put it in your own apt repository, and apt-get that (apt-get
> install lanielspackage or whatever).

Now that is a neat idea. I think I'll do that.

I also want to work on more automation stuff -- e.g.,
configuring a bunch of machines to use NIS, and setting up
every machine for static IPs. The latter involves a
different config file on every machine (different
/etc/network/interfaces), whereas the former is basically
the same file on every machine (pointing to the same NIS
server). What's the 'best practice' for large deployments
when some files vary from machine to machine in a
predictable way? There must be some quick way to do this
without going into /etc/network on every machine, then going
into /etc/fstab and adding the same mount points to every
machine, &c. The problem can be alleviated some by adding
custom NIS maps, but ... what do people recommend?

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