rsync-backup.{in,8}: New option to set the remote user name.

The default is still to use no user name.

diff --git a/rsync-backup.8 b/rsync-backup.8
index 714b63fc99e4088e236d995e0bfe7400ffed755a..053a4c3ae8d038fc5827bd400583f72d55b5e106 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync-backup.8
+++ b/rsync-backup.8
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ will avoid inefficient and pointless messing about
 in this case.
 This command clears the
 .B like
-list, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
+list, the remote
+.B user
+name, and resets the retention policy to its default (i.e., the to
 policy defined prior to the first
 .B host
 command).
@@ -251,6 +253,15 @@ for subsequent backups.  Some snapshot types require additional
 arguments, which may be supplied here.  This command clears the
 .B retry
 counter.
+.TP
+.BI "user " name
+Specify the user name on the remote host.  Without this, calls to
+.BR ssh (1)
+and
+.BR rsync (1)
+won't specify any user name, so the default (probably from the
+.BR ssh_config (5)
+file) will apply.
 .SS Configuration variables
 The following shell variables may be overridden by the configuration
 file.

diff --git a/rsync-backup.in b/rsync-backup.in
index 3802efb11186ebb30c584f74944b2de4ec321399..39b09d1571a7f19cf504fb63db4cea475fc7db7e 100644 (file)
--- a/rsync-backup.in
+++ b/rsync-backup.in
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ hostrun () {
   ## way it will be processed by a shell.
 
   if localp $host; then run "@$host: $tag" sh -c "$cmd"
-  else run "@$host: $tag" ssh $host "$cmd"
+  else run "@$host: $tag" ssh $userat$host "$cmd"
   fi
 }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ hostpath () {
   ## current host is local.
 
   if localp $host; then echo $path
-  else echo $host:$path
+  else echo $userat$host:$path
   fi
 }
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ do_rfreezefs () {
 
     ## Get the volume host to create the snapshot.
     set +e
-    _hostrun >&2 3>&- $lvhost \
+    _hostrun >&2 3>&- $userat$lvhost \
       "lvcreate --snapshot -n$lv.bkp $SNAPSIZE $vg/$lv"
     snaprc=$?
     set -e
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ do_rfreezefs () {
     case $tok in
       "$tok_THAWED") ;;
       *)
-       _hostrun >&2 3>&- $lvhost "lvremove -f $vg/$lv.bkp" || :
+       _hostrun >&2 3>&- $userat$lvhost "lvremove -f $vg/$lv.bkp" || :
        echo >&2 "$quis: unexpected token $tok (rfreezefs $fsdir on $fshost)"
        exit 1
        ;;
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ do_rfreezefs () {
   esac
 
   ## Mount the snapshot on the volume host.
-  _hostrun >&2 $lvhost "
+  _hostrun >&2 $userat$lvhost "
        mkdir -p $SNAPDIR/$lv
        mount -oro /dev/$vg/$lv.bkp $SNAPDIR/$lv"
 }
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ unset VOLUME
 bkprc=0
 
 remote_fshash () {
-  _hostrun $host "
+  _hostrun $userat$host "
        umask 077
        mkdir -p $fshashdir
        cd ${snapmnt#*:}
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ backup () {
 
 host () {
   host=$1
-  like=
+  like= userat=
   case "${expire_policy+t},${default_policy+t}" in
     t,) default_policy=$expire_policy ;;
   esac
@@ -853,6 +853,7 @@ snaptype () { snap=$1; shift; snapargs="$*"; retry=0; }
 rsyncargs () { rsyncargs="$*"; }
 like () { like="$*"; }
 retry () { retry="$*"; }
+user () { userat="$*@"; }
 
 retain () {
   case $clear_policy in t) unset expire_policy; clear_policy=nil ;; esac