SBACKUP with SSH and colon in password

[flowersrj]

Hi,

Trying to get SBackup to send my files to another Kubuntu PC but the test function continues to fail. My password has a colon in the middle of it like this -> pass:word

So the string is saved in /etc/sbackup.conf as:

target = ssh://johnass\:word@192.168.1.200:50022/home/john/test/

However it replies with:

"The selected destination is not writtable with current permissions. The backups can not be written there."

So, I also tried:

target = ssh://johnass\:word@192.168.1.200:50022/home/john/

which also gives the same message so I assume the message is incorrect. What am I doing wrong?

Rich

[jankushka]

Re: SBACKUP with SSH and colon in password

i'm sorry to ask the obvious...
have you tried removing the colon from your password to verify that the colon be the actual cause of your problem?

[flowersrj]

Re: SBACKUP with SSH and colon in password

Hi,

Strange. Today, I just removed the password again and it worked so I put it back in a 2nd time and it now works!! So, whatever was wrong in my syntax, no longer is ...

Rich

[jankushka]

Re: SBACKUP with SSH and colon in password

good.
pls, mark this thread as [SOLVED].
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