persistent-ssh

#!/bin/sh
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# Copyright 2008-2010 Enrico Tassi <gares@fettunta.org>
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## Persistent ssh connection
## =========================
##
## Ssh can share multiple sessions over a single network connection.
## This feature allows to speedup connections.
##
## The `persistent-ssh` script is a `pre-*` hook that
## starts (if necessary) a mother connection the first time that 
## it is needed. To make this hook work properly, you have to
## setup ssh as explained in the following.
##
## Your `.ssh` directory should have permission `700`, and your 
## `.ssh/config` file should look like this, where `smd-server-foo`
## is the `SERVERNAME` specified in your smd config file:
##
##     Host smd-server-foo
##         ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p
##         ControlMaster auto
##         PermitLocalCommand yes
##         LocalCommand ln -sf ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p ~/.ssh/master-socket-smd-server-foo
##         BatchMode yes
##         Compression yes
##         Hostname your.real.server.name
##         User you
##
## The key ingredient is to obtain standard name for the master socket of a 
## given endpoint, in that case `~/.ssh/master-socket-smd-server-foo` for
## the endpoint `smd-server-foo`. Refer the `ssh_config` man page for a
## detailed explanation of `ControlMaster` and `ControlPath`.
##
## Note that you may want to put the first four lines also in a more
## generic configuration entry, so that every ssh connection to your
## server can benefit from connection sharing. For example, a complete
## ssh configuration file for `your.real.server.name` may look like
## the following:
##
##     Host smd-server-foo
##         ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p
##         ControlMaster auto
##         PermitLocalCommand yes
##         LocalCommand ln -sf ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p ~/.ssh/master-socket-smd-server-foo
##         BatchMode yes
##         Compression yes
##         Hostname your.real.server.name
##         User you
##
##     Host your.real.server.name
##         ControlPath ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p
##         ControlMaster auto
##         PermitLocalCommand yes
##         LocalCommand ln -sf ~/.ssh/master-socket-%l-%r@%h:%p ~/.ssh/master-socket-smd-server-foo

when="$1"
what="$2"
endpoint="$3"
status="$4"

SMD_ROOT=$HOME/.smd

. $SMD_ROOT/config.$endpoint

MASTER_SOCKET=~/.ssh/master-socket-$SERVERNAME

# on failure we send the mail, and create HOOK_STATUS
if [ "$when" = "pre" -a ! -e $MASTER_SOCKET ]; then
	# we spawn ssh and put it in the background
	# so that all subsequent connection attempts
        # reuse the same socket
	set +e
	ssh -fN $SERVERNAME 
	set -e
fi

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