Re: help on a script

2004-06-06 Thread s. keeling
Incoming from Oliver Elphick: > On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 07:38, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > > > Make the script executable and make sure the user under whose uid it > > > > will run is able to connect with ssh without supplying a password. > > > > > > How exactly would I do that? Make a user that doesn

RE: help on a script

2004-06-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 07:38, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > > Make the script executable and make sure the user under whose uid it > > > will run is able to connect with ssh without supplying a password. > > > > > > > How exactly would I do that? Make a user that doesn't have to supply a > > password?

RE: help on a script

2004-06-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 07:25, Nick Smith wrote: > > The script (let's call it /usr/local/bin/mail-backup). Substitute real > > values for the bits in square brackets: > > > > #! /bin/bash > > BACKUP_DIR=[backup directory] > > tar czf $BACKUP_DIR/mail.backup.tar.gz [mail dir

Re: help on a script

2004-06-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 06:48, Computer Nick wrote: > Ive never used a cron job before or written that big of a script and was > hoping someone on this list could help me out, and tell me if it can be done > or not. I want to make a script that once a week, tar up my mail on my mail > server, copy i

help on a script

2004-06-04 Thread Computer Nick
Ive never used a cron job before or written that big of a script and was hoping someone on this list could help me out, and tell me if it can be done or not. I want to make a script that once a week, tar up my mail on my mail server, copy it to another drive and send it to another machine over the

help on a script

2004-06-04 Thread Computer Nick
Ive never used a cron job before or written that big of a script and was hoping someone on this list could help me out, and tell me if it can be done or not. I want to make a script that once a week, tar up my mail on my mail server, copy it to another drive and send it to another machine over the