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/etc/init.d/dropbox
# /etc/init.d/dropbox
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: dropbox
# Required-Start: $network $syslog $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $network $syslog $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $named $time
# Should-Stop: $named $time
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Start and stop the dropbox daemon for debian/ubuntu
# Description: Dropbox daemon for linux
### END INIT INFO
DROPBOX_USERS="user1 user2"
start() {
echo "Starting dropbox..."
for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
start-stop-daemon -b -o -c $dbuser -S -x /home/$dbuser/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
done
}
stop() {
echo "Stopping dropbox..."
for dbuser in $DROPBOX_USERS; do
start-stop-daemon -o -c $dbuser -K -x /home/$dbuser/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
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."
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
@arren-ru
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Sorry, but using the user name in a path is wrong on the systems where users not only in /home/.
Maybe using $(getent passwd $DB_USER | cut -d: -f6) will be useful?

PS: Also I am checking existance of .dropbox-dist

PSS: And of course you should change path to the binary in stop function to /.dropbox-dist/dropbox because of shell script in /.dropbox-dist/dropboxd

Cheers )

@mpyusko
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mpyusko commented Feb 5, 2014

This works great, however once a particular user logs into X it exits their instance of the daemon, requiring them to manually restart Dropbox in the graphical environment. Debian (Jessie)

@Gummibeer
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Is there any way to let it work with service dropbox start?

@mmlion
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mmlion commented Mar 8, 2017

I think its better to add #!/bin/sh at the beginning of the script to make service dropbox start work. Or use this

https://gist.github.com/mmlion/0e42fc48b640f31e9485ae10d95bcc5d

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