RE: Master rsync script for many file servers

Geoffrey Scott wrote:
> Hi people,
> I am trying to write a grand unified rsync script that will backup a
> number of servers spread throughout the country to one central
> server.  

I decided to call the rsync script from another script as per my text
below.  But I am having some problems with ssh'ing to another server and
shutting down services prior to the rsync process.  Can someone help me
figure out why locally a command will run but not on another server?
Please see the bottom text.....

> 
> I know I could make another script that called the rsync backup
> script with the server name as an argument and then "case" in the
> rsync script would be easy to use, like this:
> ==============================================================  
> SERV2B="serv1 serv2 serv3"
> 
> for b in $SERV2B
> do
> ./rsync-script.bash $b
> done
> ==============================================================
> But I was hoping someone could teach me a more pro way........
> 

So I define the services I want to shut down:
SERVICES="smb cups postfix"

And this works locally:
for s in $SERVICES; do if [ -e /etc/init.d/$s ]; then /etc/init.d/$s
start; fi; done

But not on another server.... :
for s in $SERVICES; do ssh [email protected] if [ -e /etc/init.d/$s ];
then /etc/init.d/$s start; fi; done

Because it says this:
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `then'

Any ideas why this doesn't work?????

Regards Geoff Scott