Ryan Manikowski wrote:
> Guido,
> 
> The "--server --sender" options are merely security measures to ensure 
> that if someone were to gain access to the backuppc account on a host, 
> they could not run the rsync command as root with any and all switches. 
> BTW, if you are using linux, the syntax is wrong in the FAQ. The line 
> should read as follows:
> 
> backuppc   ALL=NOPASSWD:   /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender ?*
> 
> Note the question more before the asterisk. Hope this helps you out.
> 
Could you explain why ?* is needed?  "any single character" followed by 
"any string of characters" is the same as "any string of characters", 
isn't it?

?* = *

-Rob
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