BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] question about email reminders -- custom "to" address?

2009-09-16 15:33:13
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] question about email reminders -- custom "to" address?
From: Chris Robertson <crobertson AT gci DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:30:11 -0800
backuppc AT omidia DOT com wrote:
> So I have a question about email reminders.
>
> I don't see a way to customize who the emails are sent to, short of
> changing the usernames.  (I see a way to customize the domain, with
> $Conf{EMailUserDestDomain} = '';, but that's it.)
>
> But I have a user with username bill, his email address is
> billmackay AT domain1 DOT com.  I have another user with username jason, his
> email address is jasonmackintosh AT domain2 DOT com.
>
> I'm a little suprised that I can't simply enter an email address in the
> hosts config file, and have it use that!
>
> I'm running backuppc 2.1.2pl0 on this particular host, but 3.0 on most of
> the other hosts i administer, and am considering upgrading this one, but
> regardless, I haven't found an option in any of the documentation!
>   

On 3.1 at least, you can allow more than one "login" to a particular 
host.  User will receive the emails, moreUsers have access, but will not 
receive emails.  It sounds to me that you should set "billmackay" as the 
"user" for the first server and add "bill" as a "moreUsers".

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#step_4__setting_up_the_hosts_file

> Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Chris


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