Dropbox init.d

dropbox

#!/bin/sh
# dropbox service
# Replace with linux users you want to run Dropbox clients for
DROPBOX_USERS="user1 user2"
 
DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropbox
 
start() {
    echo "Starting dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
        if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
            HOME="$HOMEDIR" start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -u $dbuser -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON
        fi
    done
}
 
stop() {
    echo "Stopping dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        HOMEDIR=`getent passwd $dbuser | cut -d: -f6`
        if [ -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON ]; then
            start-stop-daemon -o -c $dbuser -K -u $dbuser -x $HOMEDIR/$DAEMON
        fi
    done
}
 
status() {
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        dbpid=`pgrep -u $dbuser dropbox`
        if [ -z $dbpid ] ; then
            echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: not running."
        else
            echo "dropboxd for USER $dbuser: running (pid $dbpid)"
        fi
    done
}
 
case "$1" in
 
    start)
        start
        ;;
 
    stop)
        stop
        ;;
 
    restart|reload|force-reload)
        stop
        start
        ;;
 
    status)
        status
        ;;
 
    *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/dropbox {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart|status}"
        exit 1
 
esac
 
exit 0

There's a little error in it, avoiding Dropbox to start automatically:
A 'd' is missing at the end of line 6: DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropbox
It used to be DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Thanks for the script anyway!

There's a little error in it, avoiding Dropbox to start automatically:
A 'd' is missing at the end of line 6: DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropbox
It used to be DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Thanks for the script anyway!