PIKT, Problem Informant/Killer Tool, version 1.5.0
HIGHLIGHTS: added a new piktc option, -x, for exec'ing PIKT scripts
remotely; added another new piktc option, -f, for diff'ing the master
configuration against client-side files (has important security uses);
introduced a new flowcontrol keyword, 'leave'; increased system
robustness and fixed several bugs; added more validation self-tests
and config samples
"This is by far one of the most interesting/powerful tools I have
seen for Linux administration... an extremely interesting tool."
--Kurt Seifried, Linux Administrators Security Guide
(https://www.seifried.org/lasg)
PIKT, an innovative new paradigm for administering heterogeneous networked
workstations, is a complete, multi-functional, and centrally managed scripting
environment that comprises: an embedded scripting language; a sophisticated
script preprocessor, scheduler, and installer; and other useful tools. More
than just a systems monitor, PIKT solves many of the problems inherent in
traditional and established approaches to monitor scripting, and addresses
several other aspects of systems administration besides.
PIKT is distributed under the GNU General Public License. Available now
for Solaris, SunOS, GNU/Linux, and FreeBSD. For more info, and complete
source code, documentation, and data files (all 40,000+ lines of it), please
visit the PIKT Web site at:
http://pikt.uchicago.edu/pikt
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Robert Osterlund, Unix Systems Manager berto@gsbrgo.uchicago.edu
Grad School of Business, U of Chicago phone: 773/702-8898
1101 E. 58th Street, #309, Chicago, IL 60637, USA fax: 773/702-0233
