I had this problem with linux originally as well,
which doesn't even ship with ftp opened anymore I
believe.  My solution is to create an rpm, and for
Solaris I'm going to create a package as well.  This
way you can scp the file and issue an ssh command to
install it.

I'll post a script to make the package here once I get
around to it.  Veritas really should consider
packaging their software for platforms instead of
requiring cheezy ftp scripts and rsh scripts to handle
it.

--- "Weber, Philip" <Philip.Weber AT egg DOT com> wrote:

> I have similar problems with restrictions on where
> we can use ftp & rsh, and
> firewalls creeping in between clients and servers.
> I have an admin server which can ssh to master/media
> and clients as root, so
> initially wrote a script to :
> 
> o  use sudo to ssh to master to check for
> sftp_to_client script.
> o  if not found, hack ftp_to_client script into
> sftp_to_client (on master).
> o  ssh to master to run sftp_to_client on master to
> push out install to
> client.
> o  ssh to client to run the client_config script.
> 
> This all worked nicely, but then they restricted ssh
> access to the master
> couldn't ssh/scp/sftp to the client, traffic was
> only allowed from the admin
> server :-(.
> 
> So the script now :
> o  checks client's OS version
> o  checks master for inst_client script for that OS
> version
> o  if not found, hack ftp_to_client script into
> inst_client script which
> copies locally instead of ftp
> o  ssh to master to run inst_client script to build
> client install on the
> master
> o  scp the install dir back to the admin server
> o  scp the install dir from the admin server to the
> client
> o  ssh to the client to run the client config script
> 
> It's now a bit slow (!) but at least it runs
> unattended.
> 
> I can post either script if it would be helpful.
> 
> cheers, Phil
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Markham [mailto:dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net] 
> Sent: 03 December 2004 15:52
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Remote netbackup client
> install over ssh help
> 
> 
> Has anyone here installed client software using ssh
> instead of rsh for 
> remote installs?
> 
> Im running Solaris 9 and using netbackup 5.
> 
> I have keys set up from root so no password auth is
> needed. This works fine
> 
> I first tried linking rsh and rcp to ssh but that
> didnt seem to work 
> ending with server/hostname not found. The same
> command with ssh worked 
> fine.
> 
> So i edited
>
/usr/openv/netbackup/client/Solaris/Solaris9/install_client
> 
> and replaced the RSH and RCP sections with
> RSH=/usr/bin/ssh and 
> RCP=/usr/bin/scp
> 
> Something started happening as the directories were
> created on the 
> remote client, but things just hung and stuck there.
> 
>  From this i decided to run the install_client_files
> script manually 
> from command line like this :-
> 
> cd /usr/openv/netbackup/bin
> ./install_client_files rsh <client name>
> 
> As id edited the install_client script to have a
> 'set -x' line at the 
> top i can see all the output scrolling and the scp
> calls working and 
> everything. Then things just stop...and wait.
> 
> Going on to the client i see loads and loads of ssh
> processes and when i 
> tried killing 1 off the job moved a step along. I
> tried killing another 
> ssh process on the client and then the server script
> had a connection 
> lost, and still hung. Obviously killing processes
> isnt the way forward.
> 
> Has anyone had this type of things before? Im
> assuming there are too 
> many ssh processes and so why are they not exiting
> when the scp or ssh 
> command from install_clients as finished?
> 
> Help please. I have lots of clients to install and
> rsh is not allowed 
> through the firewall correctly so, so i need to get
> this remote setup 
> working over ssh.
> 
> Thanks
> Dave
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