RE: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of machine being backed up

[<ma...@eh...>]

Trying to send the user a popup message that a backup is about to start, I put
this line in my conf.pl:

$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = 'alert_user.sh';

I put a script called alert_user.sh in /bin that looks like:

#!/bin/bash

MESSAGE="Do not be alarmed - a backup is now in progress!"
echo "$MESSAGE" | smbclient -W public -E -M wpl-st-me -U "Backup Server"

This does not work. Nothing shows up on the logs. This script does work if I do:

su - backuppc alert_user.sh 

at a prompt.

What am I doing wrong?

Mark


Quoting "Brown, Wade ASL (GE Healthcare)" <Mat...@me...>:

> Ya, I see what you mean.
> 
> You could send a "winpopup" message via smbclient.  The client must be
> listening, tho.
> 
> - Wade
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bac...@li...
> [mailto:bac...@li...]On Behalf Of
> ma...@eh...
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:36 AM
> To: bac...@li...
> Subject: RE: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of
> machine being backed up
> 
> 
> Wade - 
> 
> Good point, but if I am not reading my email, and the computer starts going
> crazy, I need a message that pops up right then. I think that the pre
> command
> might be able to do that, however, using the smbclient command.
> 
> I will play with it and see what I come up with.
> 
> Thanks - 
> 
> Mark
> 
> Quoting "Brown, Wade ASL (GE Healthcare)" <Mat...@me...>:
> 
> > BackupPC has a pre and post backupup command.  Use that to issue an
> email.
> > 
> > - Wade
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bac...@li...
> > [mailto:bac...@li...]On Behalf Of
> > ma...@eh...
> > Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:27 AM
> > To: bac...@li...
> > Subject: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request - Message to user of machine
> > being backed up
> > 
> > 
> > Hello - 
> > 
> > I am using BackupPC at the library where I work with great success - it
> has
> > solved many problems for me.
> > 
> > However - 
> > 
> > This morning, I was working on my PC, and I noticed that the hard drive
> was
> > working like mad, and the systray network traffic indicator was solidly
> on
> > all
> > the time. I could not for the life of me figure out what process was
> running
> > so
> > hard, and I thought I might have picked up a virus. 
> > 
> > It was, of course, BackupPC doing its job. 
> > 
> > Do you suppose that BackupPC could be taught to send an SMB messaage to
> the
> > PC
> > that it is going to backup, and maybe periodically during the backup, so
> that
> > a
> > user will not become alarmed at all the HD and network activity?
> > 
> > Just an idea.
> > 
> > Mark Ehle
> > Computer Support Librarian
> > Willard Public Library
> > Battle Creek, MI
> > 
> > 
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