#!/bin/bash # instant-rsyncd lets you quickly set up and start a simple, unprivileged rsync # daemon with a single module in the current directory. I've found it # invaluable for quick testing, and I use it when writing a list of commands # that people can paste into a terminal to reproduce a daemon-related bug. # Sysadmins deploying an rsync daemon for the first time may find it helpful as # a starting point. # # Usage: instant-rsyncd MODULE PORT RSYNCD-USERNAME [RSYNC-PATH] # The script asks for the rsyncd user's password twice on stdin, once to set it # and once to log in to test the daemon. # -- Matt McCutchen set -e dir="$(pwd)" if [ "$#" -lt 3 ]; then echo "I would install an rsync daemon in $dir if you gave me" echo "a module name, a port, and an rsync username." exit 1 fi module="$1" port="$2" user="$3" rsync="$4" if [ ! "$rsync" ]; then rsync=rsync fi moduledir="${dir%/}/$module" echo echo "I'm about to install an rsync daemon in $dir." echo "It will listen on port $port for requests giving rsync username $user" echo "and the password you are about to specify. It will serve a module" echo "$module corresponding to $moduledir." echo IFS='' read -s -p 'Desired password: ' password mkdir "$module" cat >rsyncd.conf <"$module".secrets <start <stop <<"EOF" #!/bin/bash set -e cd `dirname $0` ! [ -e rsyncd.pid ] || kill -s SIGTERM $(< rsyncd.pid) EOF chmod +x stop path="rsync://$user@$(hostname):$port/$module/" if ./start; then sleep .2 echo echo "I tried to start the daemon. The log file rsyncd.log says:" echo cat rsyncd.log echo echo "You can start and stop it with ./start and ./stop respectively." echo "You can customize the configuration file rsyncd.conf." echo echo "Give rsync the following path to access the module:" echo " $path" echo echo "Let's test the daemon now. Enter the password you chose." echo '$' $rsync --list-only "$path" $rsync --list-only "$path" echo echo "You should see an empty folder; it's $moduledir." else echo "Something went wrong. Do you see an error message?" fi