ranjankuldeep / iitg_connect_bash_script

Bash script for iitg network login.

IITG Network login bash script.
Run script either Manually or As a Cron jobs or As a Systemd service.

Dependency:

1. Bash Shell (defautl in linux)
2. curl installed (default in most linux distro)

steps to run on a bash shell (Manually).

Step 1.
Place the script file (.sh) in home directory (recommended). \

Step 2.
Open the .sh file with any text editor and Add your login credentials specified in the script.

Step 3.
Run the script as sudo user with the following command.

  sudo bash iitgconnect.sh

For exit you can just press 'ctrl+c', it will logged you out.

steps to run as a systemd service.

Step 1. Create a systemd service with the follwing command.

  sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/iitgconnect.service

Step 2. Add the following lines to editor opened.

Make sure to add correct path to your script file.
For eg, if your username is "abc" then your path will be "/home/abc/iitgconnect.sh".

[Unit]
Description=IITG autologin bash script file

[Service]
ExecStart=/path/to/your/script.sh 
Restart=always  # This line enables automatic restart
RestartSec=10   # Time to wait before restarting, in seconds
TimeoutSec=30   # Timeout second for stopping the service befor forcefully killing with SIGKILL

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
  

Step 3. Reload systemd for the changes to take effect.

  sudo reload systemd for the changes to take effect

Step 4. Enable the service to start automatically on startup.

  sudo systemctl start iitgconnect.service

Step 5. To check the status, type the following command.

  sudo systemctl status iitgconnect.service

Done!!