[Beowulf] Newbie

[Skylar Thompson]

john p wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I'm currently trying out my first beowulf cluster. I'm attempting a 
> 3-node private cluster. I'm using Linux 9 OS. I've come to the point 
> where i need to setup the remote shell (rsh) but i cant find the 
> /etc/hosts.equiv or the .rhosts files. They are just not there. Do i 
> need to create the files or do i need to install Linux 9 again? 
>  
> Please advise.
>  


For a variety of reasons, I recommend using ssh with passwordless keys, 
rather than host authentication with rsh. There's a good guide here:

http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/ssh-keys.html

Send email if you run into trouble. Good luck!

-- 
-- Skylar Thompson (skylar at cs.earlham.edu)
-- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/

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