./remote_update.pl -p passwd.txt -d data/linux/20010805-rdate
Config directory: data/linux/20010805-rdate

Processing host myhost.mydomain.bogus. Logfile: myhost.mydomain.bogus.log
Setting up remote.
Connect to myhost.mydomain.bogus as nonroot.
Copying files to remote.
Setting permissions on remote scripts.
Becoming root on remote.
6 possible root password(s). Attempting su with each.
su to root succeeded.
Executing scripts on remote.
Dropping root.
Cleaning up remote files.
Dropping connection to host.
SUCCESS: All steps completed successfully for host myhost.mydomain.bogus.

Processing host myhost2.mydomain.bogus. Logfile: myhost2.mydomain.bogus.log
Setting up remote.
Connect to myhost2.mydomain.bogus as nonroot.
Copying files to remote.
Setting permissions on remote scripts.
Becoming root on remote.
7 possible root password(s). Attempting su with each.
su to root succeeded.
Executing scripts on remote.
Dropping root.
Cleaning up remote files.
Dropping connection to host.
SUCCESS: All steps completed successfully for host myhost2.mydomain.bogus.

Here is an example of using the '-j' option to do many hosts at once:

./remote_update.pl -p passwd.txt -d data/linux/test/ -j 5
remote_update.pl starting at Fri Aug 17 15:37:16 EDT 2001
Config directory: data/linux/test/

Parallel mode. Number of jobs: 5. Number of hosts: 6.
Starting job PID: 4706 with 2 host(s). with output redirected to output.1.txt
Starting job PID: 4707 with 1 host(s). with output redirected to output.2.txt
Starting job PID: 4708 with 1 host(s). with output redirected to output.3.txt
Starting job PID: 4709 with 1 host(s). with output redirected to output.4.txt
Starting job PID: 4710 with 1 host(s). with output redirected to output.5.txt
Waiting for processes to finish...
Job with PID: 4707 finished.
Job with PID: 4709 finished.
Job with PID: 4708 finished.
Job with PID: 4710 finished.
Job with PID: 4706 finished.

remote_update.pl finished. Elapsed time: 11 seconds.