Re: bash_logout and sftp

--On 5/1/05 2:56 AM -0700 Corey wrote:
> ( What I'm trying to get working is to execute user-specific rsync jobs
> for  mirroring purposes whenever a user finishes uploading files using
> sftp - it  seemed that a .logout sort of rc script would be the easiest
> method of doing  this; the only other option I can think of is to use a
> log analyzer to grep  for 'session closed for user' msgs )

How disciplined are your users?  Have them create/transfer a dummy 
"/tmp/alldone" file as the last thing they do.  A periodic cron job can 
check for it and if it exists, delete it and run rsync.

Or in sshd_config, replace the sftp line with:
 Subsystem       sftp    /usr/libexec/sftp-server-rsync

And create /usr/libexec/sftp-server-rsync containing:

 #! /bin/sh
 /usr/libexec/sftp-server "$@"
 touch /tmp/alldone >/dev/null 2>&1

Modify as needed depending on where your OS puts sftp-server.  You could 
have this script run the rsync directly but you'd probably get overlapping 
rsync runs and other issues; best not to try.

    -Kevin

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