So I found out about stdbuf. To get it:
# apt-get install coreutils
If you want your ssh client to use line-buffered streams use -t -t.
So I ended up with:
# su -c "stdbuf -oL ssh -t -t /usr/bin/tail -f /var/input.log | stdbuf -oL tr -c '\\11\\12\\15\\40-\\176" myuser \ | tee -a /tmp/input.log \ | grep --line-buffered -v "...ignore..." \ >> /tmp/output.log
Holy command-line Batman!
Configuring an SMB mount from my Linux box to my Windows box. This was helpful.
Basically:
# apt-get install cifs-utils
Then create your credentials file:
# cat > /root/amanda.smbpass <<EOF username=jj5 password=SECRET EOF
Then edit /etc/fstab and add:
//amanda.jj5.net/Users /media/amanda cifs defaults,noauto,credentials=/root/amanda.smbpass 0 2
Then create /etc/network/if-up.d/mount-amanda like this:
#!/bin/bash mount /media/amanda
And make sure it’s executable:
# chmod +x /etc/network/if-up.d/mount-amanda
Mounting can also be done from the command-line:
# mount -t cifs -o username=jj5,password=SECRET //amanda.jj5.net/Users /media/amanda