On Thursday 28 January 2010 13:31:28 Pascal Bourdais wrote: > Le Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:37:27 +0100, > > "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se> a écrit : > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Sorin Srbu [mailto:sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se] > > >Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:20 PM > > >To: 'General list for user discussion, questions and support' > > >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Testing the mail function from BackupPC > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Pascal Bourdais [mailto:pbourd...@infagri.fr] > > >>Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:04 PM > > >>To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > >>Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Testing the mail function from BackupPC > > >> > > >>su - backuppc > > > > > >Already tried that, same thing happens: > > > > > >r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# su - backuppc > > >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]# > > > > Did some thinking and got it working, sort of... > > > > r...@mach012 ~/ [0]# su -s /bin/bash - backuppc > > backu...@mach012 ~/ [0]$ whoami > > backuppc > > backu...@mach012 ~/ [0]$ /usr/bin/BackupPC_sendEmail -u > > sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se > > Sending test email using /bin/mail -t -f sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se > > You have to use sendmail, and not mail. In my config : > $Conf{SendmailPath} = '/usr/sbin/sendmail' > > And sendmail : > /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /usr/local/exim/bin/exim >
In my config file it's also sendmail. I wonder what distro the OP uses Tony > > /bin/mail: invalid option -- t > > Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ... > > [-- sendmail-options ...] > > mail [-iInNv] -f [name] > > mail [-iInNv] [-u user] > > backu...@mach012 ~/ [0]$ > > > > Now what? I don't see any "t" mentioned in man mail... Or am I getting > > slightly blind here? 8-S > -- 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/
