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#!/bin/sh | |
# dropbox service | |
# Replace with linux users you want to run Dropbox clients for | |
DROPBOX_USERS="user1 user2" | |
DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropboxd | |
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 |
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This is a VERY minor modification of benhedrington's dropbox script that enables autorun on startup for headless linux(or at least ubuntu) systems. I literally changed one letter. "DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropbox" into "DAEMON=.dropbox-dist/dropboxd"
Posting so others can utilize this script with minimal difficulty.