#!/bin/sh # This script can be used as a "remote shell" command that is only # capable of pretending to connect to "localhost". This is useful # for testing or for running a local copy where the sender and the # receiver needs to use different options (e.g. --fake-super). If # we get a -l USER option, we try to use "sudo -u USER" to run the # command. user='' prefix='' do_cd=y # Default path is user's home dir, just like ssh. while : ; do case "$1" in -l) user="$2"; shift; shift ;; -l*) user=`echo $1 | sed 's/^-l//'`; shift ;; --no-cd) do_cd=n; shift ;; -*) shift ;; localhost) shift; break ;; *) echo "lsh: unable to connect to host $1" 1>&2; exit 1 ;; esac done if [ "$user" ]; then prefix="sudo -H -u $user" if [ $do_cd = y ]; then home=`perl -e "print((getpwnam("$user"))[7])"` # Yeah, this may fail, but attempts to get sudo to cd are harder. cd $home fi elif [ $do_cd = y ]; then cd fi eval $prefix "${@}"