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From: henry@MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kerberos
Subject: Re: rdist
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Date: 13 Feb 91 19:21:09 GMT
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we don't use the rdist philosophy to distribute files (i.e, the "push" from a
central location to all the clients).  instead, we use a tool called "track"
which uses the "pull" philosophy to update clients (i.e., clients have to
specifically request an update).

if this sounds interesting i can tell you more, but this forum probably isn't
the right place ...

-- henry
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