-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > On this path, my next step is to set up ssh-keys for BackupPC. > Remember, that I am a novice in Linux. I have instructions for creating > the keys but find a discrepancy between the instructions (written for > Debian) and the Fedora setup. When creating keys on the archive unit > running BackupPC, the instructions say to be logged in as user backuppc. > Fedora 8 came with BackupPC installed and almost setup to run with > directories, file permissions and a user (backuppc) in existence but set > for no logon. Do I instead work as root? -- ken
You should login as root, and then use: su - backuppc This will "switch" to the backuppc user even if the user doesn't have any password set. If that doesn't work try this: grep backuppc /etc/passwd If the very end of the line doesn't refer to /bin/bash or /bin/sh or something similar (ie, it is blank or it points to /bin/false or /bin/nologin) then do this: chsh backuppc and enter "/bin/bash" Then you should be able to "su - backuppc" Hope this helps. BTW, Debian and Ubuntu LTS both have quite long term maintenance, are free, and also are quite popular and so fairly easy to get support. I'm not entirely sure, but I imagine redhat (Fedora/etc) still have a pretty strong following as well. So, at the end of the day, choose what you are most comfortable with, or can get the most help with (ie, if you know someone who uses one or the other, then use what they use, so they can help you more :). Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI8ojrGyoxogrTyiURAnuTAKCnALQ85OcKQIiD/9aojj0mT12WEQCeLwW0 tND7+AoQG4NjzgeZ5tYJxpA= =6KSh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
