linux admins: rsync to share passwd file across a cluster

[SuperFreaky]

I'm managing a 28 Node cluster running redhat ES 4. I was going to use rsync to mirror the passwd/shadow etc files across the nodes.

I've never used rsync before and I can't figure out if I can set the head node to run rsync as a service and periodically remote into the nodes and upload its current version of the passwd files?

anyone doing something like this?

thanks!

 

[SuperFreaky]

I think using scopy and a .bash script may work better