Re: ssh_args

On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 13:29 +1000, David Keegel wrote:
> Cole,
> 
> I think your problem is with this part:
>       --rsync-path='sudo /usr/bin/rsync' 
> of rsync_long_args.
> 
> Rsnapshot (up to and including 1.2.9) does not recognise quotes when
> breaking up the arguments into words, so the list of words fed to exec 
> probably looks like this:

[snip] Ok - this makes sense.

> But instead of using the CVS version or waiting for the next version, I
> would suggest the easiest thing is for you to create a shell script that
> just consists of
>       sudo /usr/bin/rsync "$@"
> and use that shell script as your --rsync-path.

Fantastic!  That did the trick!  You get the official designation of "My
Best Friend" today.  8)

> You might also want to use rsnapshot version 1.2.9 which is available
> in Debian "testing" (since 2006-06-20) rather than 1.2.1 (in "stable").

What would this gain me over 1.2.1?  I'm very hesitant to mix and match
repositories...


-- 
Cole Tuininga <colet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Code Energy (http://www.code-energy.com/)



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