----- "Les Mikesell" <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > What's the problem with key-based ssh directly as root? > Not a thing, except I'd have to login and update that many systems before I'm able to get any real work done. Maybe I'll use the presented expect scripting (very similar to my test run) to get the appropriate keys installed, then proceed using puppet et all for the rest... --Tim