[wpkg-users] Computer groups

[Daniel Dehennin]

Martin Tille <edv at gruene.de> writes:

>> Is there any possibility to create group of hosts? I have 250 computers and
>> if I need install some package only for 50 computers I must select each host
>> and assign package. It's very uncomfortable
>> 
> I guess only if you have set you computernames in a specific scheme. If
> your finances have the computernames like finance-0 ... finance-50 you
> can match them like:
> <host name="finance.+" profile-id="finance-packages" />

Another approach is to use a patched version[1] of wpkg.js and use computer
groups[2].

Regards.

Footnotes: 
[1]  http://bugzilla.wpkg.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118

[2]  Tested with samba/LDAP, the group query function is tested on AD
     but not a full run

-- 
Daniel Dehennin
RAIP de l'Orne
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