Hi Cameron,
I second everything said so far on this thread, however, on a multi-user
system I would implement fetchmail-on-dialup in a slightly different
way.
Create an /etc/fetchmail-users file with all the users that want to run
fetchmail
---8< snip >8---
# users that get mail by fetchmail
user_foo
user_bar
---8< snip >8---
Then create a ip-up script:
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /etc/fetchmail-users ]; then
for user in `grep -v '^#' /etc/fetchmail-users`; do
if [ -f ~$user/.fetchmailrc ]; then
su -c "fetchmail -d 900" $user
fi
done
fi
And as ip-down:
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /etc/fetchmail-users ]; then
for user in `grep -v '^#' /etch/fetchmail-users`; do
su -c "fetchmail --quit" $user
done
fi
Of course this is complete overkill with a single user setup and in
fact, there is a German proverb which I find quite appropriate: "Mit
Kanonen auf Spatzen schießen". Meaning: "To shoot with cannons onto
sparrows."
Anyway, you better check the code before running it, as it is off the
top of my head and I'm in a condition right now, where I wouldn't want
to drive a car, for example.
Cheers,
Vikto^
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Viktor Rosenfeld
WWW: http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~rosenfel/
