scripts/superscreen

#!/bin/sh
# superscreen: open a screen session with ssh connections to some servers 

window=0
session="default"
servers="db dns ftp mail web"

# wipe dead screens
screen -wipe

if screen -list | grep -q "$session" 
then
   echo "Error: session \"$session\" already exists; please kill it first."
   echo "type \"screen -X -S $session quit\" to do so."
   exit 1
fi

# main screen (physical host)
screen -d -m -S "$session" -t "$(hostname -s)"

# servers' screens : open a ssh connexion from the host to them, then rename it
for server in $servers
do
   window=$(( window + 1 ))
   screen -S "$session" -X screen ssh "$server"
   screen -S "$session" -p "$window" -X title "$server"
done

# do not attach screen if "-d" option is set
if [ -n "$1" ]
then
   if [ "$1" = "-d" ]
   then
      exit 0
   fi
fi

# dirty hack for unhappy services
#for jail in `seq 0 6`; do screen -p $jail -X stuff "/usr/local/bin/nrpe2 restart^M"; done 
#screen -p ftp -X stuff "service vsftpd_ipv6 start^M"
#screen -p mail -X stuff "service qmailsmtpd start^M"

# attach to freshly-created screen
screen -r $session -p 0