Thanks a lot that was the solution. If I grep the usernames from passwd file how do I add the password? >From what I see, the content of (for the same user/passwd combination) /etc/shadow is quite different from the one in /etc/backuppc/htpasswd.
Dejan > > > How can I enable this? How can I setup user name/password for each user? > > Would certainly be easiest if your users already have Linux accounts > on your network. Then you can just grep their usernames out of the > password file and put it into the htpasswd used by BackupPC. Run > that in a cron job on a nightly basis or even several times a day if > you want, so as to always have their latest passwords. It's a very > simple script with grep and awk. > > You'll also have to manage the BackupPC hosts file as per the docs. > > If your users do not already have Linux accounts then it's not so easy. > > > -- > "I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends" > - Abraham Lincoln ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
