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 # callhome
 
-Shell script for Linux call-home over SSH
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+Shell script for Linux call-home over SSH
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+## Installation
+- place callhome.sh in /usr/local/sbin
+- fill in the ssh user on your shell host and the FQDN of the shell host in the variables of callhome.sh
+- place callhome.service in /etc/systemd/system
+- run systemctl enable --now callhome.service
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