Hoosgot

http://specialkevin.com/?p=80 asks Hoosgot,

Dear Lazyweb, I am working on this Python application that remotely checks if a machine needs to be updated and then returns the results.  What I am wondering is what is the best way to execute commands on the remote clients, right now various linux distributions?  I was thinking to run the commands via ssh.  This would require ssh keys added to the remote machine and a user that is able to run privileged commands (apt, yum, conary, etc).  The other idea I had was to have a daemon on the client computers that would listen for triggers to run the commands and then return the results.  What I am asking the lazy web is what is the preferred or …

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