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?
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