Well, I have news good and bad. First, your instructions were very clear, precise and easy to follow. BUT, it didn't work.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ su - Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep backuppc /etc/passwd backuppc:x:495:490:backuppc:/var/lib/BackupPC:/sbin/nologin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# chsh backuppc Changing shell for backuppc. New shell [/sbin/nologin]: /bin/bash Shell changed. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# grep backuppc /etc/passwd backuppc:x:495:490:backuppc:/var/lib/BackupPC:/bin/bash [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# su backuppc bash-3.2$ <== This doesn't look as expected bash-3.2$ ssh-keygen -t rsa Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/var/lib/BackupPC/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: open /var/lib/BackupPC/.ssh/id_rsa failed: Permission denied. Saving the key failed: /var/lib/BackupPC/.ssh/id_rsa. bash-3.2$ exit [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cd /var/lib/BackupPC [EMAIL PROTECTED] BackupPC]# ls -al total 56 drwxr-x--- 6 backuppc root 4096 2008-10-12 18:48 . drwxr-xr-x 31 root root 4096 2008-09-18 15:50 .. drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc root 4096 2008-08-11 12:25 cpool drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc root 4096 2008-08-11 12:25 pc drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc root 4096 2008-08-11 12:25 pool drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc root 4096 2008-08-11 12:25 trash [EMAIL PROTECTED] BackupPC]# Obviously, I was not 'backuppc' since backuppc owns this directory. -ken -----Original Message----- From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:32 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Almost working 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
