#!/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. prefix='' cd # Default path is home dir, just like ssh. while : ; do case "$1" in -l) shift ; prefix="sudo -u $1"; shift ;; -l*) prefix=`echo $1 | sed 's/-l/sudo -u /'`; shift ;; -*) shift ;; localhost) shift; break ;; *) exit 1 ;; esac done eval $prefix "${@}"