I think Alessandra's point is,
can a script be run without using expect, or similar tricks to get
through the ssh authentication.
Ideally we would add public keys to the D-cache ssh server and send
D-cache commands, without and challenge response code being needed in
our code or a human to interact with Dcache.
Ideally the scripts could be run by cron or at daemons etc.
Regards
Owen
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:06:26 +0100
Greig A Cowan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Alessandra,
>
> The admin interface can be scripted. For example see:
>
> http://wiki.gridpp.ac.uk/wiki/DCache_Administration_Scripts
>
> I hope to add more to this page as we discover more tasks that need to
> be automated. Removing/flushing pools is one such area where we
> should probably develop some scripts. I have started work on this,
> but have not made much progress recently.
>
> I have already included a couple of items regarding administration in
> savannah:
>
> https://savannah.cern.ch/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=10369
>
> Hopefully we will find out more information next week.
>
> Cheers,
> Greig
>
>
> On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Alessandra Forti wrote:
>
> > Hi Greig,
> >
> > can the admin interface be scripted?
> >
> > cheers
> > alessandra
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Aug 2005, Greig A Cowan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jens,
> > >
> > >> There was another point I had for the workshop. All this
> > >> dCache documentation that we (GridPP) produce, can we make
> > >> it useful for other people. Owen had a closer look at the
> > >> "book" (I must admit I haven't had time yet), and says it's
> > >> for developers, not admins. But all this proven and digested
> > >> and published stuff that we produce, we'd like them to use it.
> > >> Or at the very least link to it.
> > >
> > > I agree with Owens assessment. I think that the documentation we
> > > are creating is much more useful for actually using dCache. Their
> > > book flirts with the admin side of things, but does not contain
> > > much at the moment. Maybe once they have heard our issues at the
> > > workshop, this will change.
> > >
> > > I will email Michael Ernst to ask about the possibility of
> > > using/linking to our documentation.
> > >
> > > Greig
> > >
> >
> >
>
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