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host_autosetup/host_autosetup.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# bootstrapping with sh until we have bash installed
+# can you make this script run in bash, but fall back to sh if bash is not installed?
 
 # check if we are running as root
 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -15,8 +13,11 @@ if ! command -v bash > /dev/null 2>&1; then
     apt install -y bash
 fi
 
-# switch to bash as our shell
-chsh -s /bin/bash
+# re-exec this script in bash if not already running in bash
+if [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Re-executing script in Bash..."
+    exec /bin/bash "$0" "$@"
+fi
 
 if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
     echo "Running in Bash $BASH_VERSION"
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ if [ ! -f "/home/dropshell/.ssh/known_hosts" ]; then
     touch /home/dropshell/.ssh/known_hosts
 fi
 
+# ensure default shell for dropshell user is bash
+chsh -s /bin/bash dropshell
+
 #--------------------------------
 
 # download dropshell

templates/dropshell-agent/install.sh

@@ -6,46 +6,6 @@
 # It is called with the path to the server specific env file as an argument.
 
 
-attempt_install_prerequisite() {
-    local prerequisite="${1}"
-    echo "Attempting to install prerequisite: ${prerequisite}"
-
-    # test if root, and test sudo otherwise.
-    SUDO_CMD=""
-    if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]; then
-        if ! sudo -v; then
-            echo "--------------------------------"
-            echo "Prerequisite: ${prerequisite} is not installed."
-            echo "Please run the script with sudo privileges or as root to automatically install the prerequisite."
-            echo "--------------------------------"
-            exit 1
-        fi
-        SUDO_CMD="sudo "
-    fi
-
-
-    # separate install for each prerequisite
-    case "${prerequisite}" in
-        bash|curl|wget)
-            $SUDO_CMD apt-get update
-            $SUDO_CMD apt-get install -y wget curl bash
-            ;;
-        "docker")
-            # install docker using the official script.
-            curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
-            $SUDO_CMD sh get-docker.sh
-            rm get-docker.sh
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "--------------------------------"
-            echo "Prerequisite: ${prerequisite} is not installed."
-            echo "Please install it manually and try again."
-            echo "--------------------------------"
-            exit 1
-    esac
-}
-
-
 install_prerequisites() {
     # this script works on debian, ubuntu and Raspberry Pi OS
     # it checks the following prerequisites, and installs them if missing. 
@@ -63,7 +23,7 @@ install_prerequisites() {
     # check if all prerequisites are installed
     for prerequisite in "${PREREQUISITES[@]}"; do
         if ! command -v "${prerequisite}" &> /dev/null; then
-            attempt_install_prerequisite "${prerequisite}"
+            echo "Prerequisite: ${prerequisite} is not installed."
             exit 1
         fi
     done