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From: marc@gauss.math.mcgill.ca (Marc Sokolowski)
Subject: crontab having effect on several machines
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Organization: Dept of Mathematics, McGill University
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 20:50:21 GMT
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	Hi everybody,

	I would like to know if it is possible to set up a configuration for
several machines that can be affected by the contab file in one of them.
Does it rely on remote-logins and .rhost permissions on the target machines?
Is it possible to have a command be executed on a remote shell in a simple
format like 'host:command', and its result fed back to the user on the
machine the command was originally sent from?
	In all, what I would like to know is wether or not it is possible to
unify a set on unix machines as much as possible, beyond mounting their
respective filesystems, that is some kind of sharing of processor power and
resources without resorting to specialized microkernels (i.e. QNX).
	Any references will too be greatly appreciated.
		Thanks in advance,

				Sincerely,


						Marc