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= Install PDSH =
This document discribes how to install the Parallel Distributed Shell (PDSH), which allows to execute the same command in parallel on multiple machines.

Download
Download the source packages of the latest PDSH release from [http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pdsh/]. Installation
Install the sources: {{{
rpm -ivh pdsh-RELEASE.src.rpm
}}}

Modify /usr/scr/redhat/SPECS/pdsh.spec in order to make SSH the default shell by removing "readline": {{{
%define _defaults ssh exec pam
}}}

Prepare and compile the RPM binaries: {{{
rpmbuild -v -bb /usr/scr/redhat/SPECS/pdsh.spec
}}}

Install the RPM binaries: {{{
rpm -iv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64/pdsh-rcmd-exec-2.14-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -iv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64/pdsh-rcmd-ssh-2.14-1.x86_64.rpm
rpm -iv /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64/pdsh-2.14-1.x86_64.rpm
}}}

Usage {{{
pdsh -w s0[1-4] COMMAND
}}}