On Thursday 28 January 2010 10:18:24 Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to test the mail function with BackupPC as described on > http://webserveraddress/backuppc/html/doc/BackupPC.html#step_8__checking_em > ail_delivery, but got the below error message. I installed BackupPC > according to the CentOS-BackupPC wiki at > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BackupPC. > > Could anyone offer any insights on this? I though the backuppc-account was > a nologin (or some such) account, thus a su isn't possible. > > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# su backuppc
Try su - backuppc to get backuppc's environment. Tony > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# /usr/bin/BackupPC_sendEmail -u > sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se /usr/bin/BackupPC_sendEmail: Wrong user: my > userid is 0, instead of 150 (backuppc) > Please su backuppc first > BackupPC::Lib->new failed > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# > > Thanks for any help or explanations. > -- Chief Technical Officer. Tel: +353 061-202778 Dept. of Comp. Sci. University of Limerick. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
