Hi,
i had heard of some programs, which one can use for synchronizing multiple linux installations. For example:
-i add a host in my network and i do not want to manually edit each /etc/hosts
-i manually install a program in one PC and i don't have time to do the same for the others
-etc

Can anyone suggest a program or some keywords for searching?
Thanks

Well you could store data that should be the same on all computers on a nfs server. Then you could mount that export and link it to the right location.

On the other hand you could use a distributed shell to execute commands on all computers. Or you could distribute your settings via rpm and upgrade them with a cron job etc. The possibilities are unlimited...

In the first I would try to create a network that can be maintained on a single host. For example if you don't want to maintain your hosts file you could use DNS instead...

Thanks brianmcgee, but i am looking for a special server-client system. It might be, that i do not want NFS - in the case of NFS, because
-of security reasons
-i want to mirror some basic config files and not mount filesystems,
-etc

Thanks anyway.