Setup ssh-agent, [http://www.google.com/search?q=ssh-agent]. Load your ssh "root" keys: {{{ jhoblitt@rma ~/.ssh $ ssh-add id_dsa_root_poi Enter passphrase for id_dsa_root_poi: Identity added: id_dsa_root_poi (id_dsa_root_poi) }}} Login to po35. {{{ jhoblitt@rma ~ $ ssh -A root@po35 Last login: Tue Aug 11 11:11:21 2009 from rma.ifa.hawaii.edu po35 ~ # }}} `cd` to the config system root dir. {{{ po35 ~ # cd config po35 config # }}} Edit the /etc/mysql/my.cnf common to all db nodes: {{{ po35 config # vi mhpcc/common-db/etc/mysql/my.cnf }}} {{{ po35 config # ./mountunion po35 config # ./push ippdb0[12] po35 config # ./mountunion -u }}}