server side dropbox

dropbox

#!/bin/sh

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:             dropbod
# Required-Start:       $remote_fs $syslog
# Required-Stop:        $remote_fs $syslog
# Default-Start:        2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop:
# Short-Description:    Dropbox Service
### END INIT INFO

# Replace with linux users you want to run Dropbox clients for
DROPBOX_USERS="user1 user2" 
DAEMON=/usr/bin/dropbox
 
start() {
    echo "Starting dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -u $dbuser -x $DAEMON start
    done
}
 
stop() {
    echo "Stopping dropbox..."
    for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
        start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -u $dbuser -x $DAEMON stop
    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

INSTALL

save as '/etc/init.d/dropbox'

chmod +x /etc/init.d/dropbox
update-rc.d dropbox defaults

NOTES

Inspired by:
http://ubuntuservergui.com/ubuntu-server-guide/install-dropbox-ubuntu-server