Re: [BackupPC-users] [newb] ssh rsync with restricted permissions

2011-04-07 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
Sorry about the delay getting back to you on this. Disappeared into the ever-increasing backlog of mail in my inbox. On 03/30 02:45 , yilam wrote: > Well I tried your setup (need I say I am new to backuppc?) with on the client: > > * /etc/sudoers: > Cmnd_Alias BACKUP = /usr/bin/rsync --serve

Re: [BackupPC-users] /bin/mail: invalid option -- t

2011-04-07 Thread Michael Conner
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:00 PM, Jake Wilson wrote: > Actually I may have figured this out. Is it because there is no -t option > for /bin/mail? Because I know that /usr/sbin/sendmail does have a -t option. > Perhaps I just need to change SendmailPath to /usr/sbin/sendmail to make > this work?

Re: [BackupPC-users] /bin/mail: invalid option -- t

2011-04-07 Thread Jake Wilson
Actually I may have figured this out. Is it because there is no -t option for /bin/mail? Because I know that /usr/sbin/sendmail does have a -t option. Perhaps I just need to change SendmailPath

[BackupPC-users] /bin/mail: invalid option -- t

2011-04-07 Thread Jake Wilson
I am running BackupPC on a fresh CentOS 5.5 server. I'm having a hard time getting BackupPC to send email alerts. In the logs I see this: 2011-04-07 01:00:14 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly 128 255) 2011-04-07 01:00:14 admin : /bin/mail: invalid option -- t 2011-04-07 01:00:14 admin : Usage: m

Re: [BackupPC-users] [newb] ssh rsync with restricted permissions

2011-04-07 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 4/6/2011 2:59 PM, yilam wrote: >> 'm deliberately top-posting to ask, did you setup everything the >> "standard" way and get it working? If not, try that first and then >> start changing things. The above (below) suggestion may simply be >> failing due to some other setup issue, not the security