Hi Bob, I suppose there is an "invalid" login shell i.e. /bin/false configured for the backuppc user. Try specifying the shell, like "su - backuppc -s /bin/sh"
Cheers, Raoul On March 26, 2017 3:57:50 PM GMT+02:00, Bob of Donelson Trophy <[email protected]> wrote: >I have been experimenting with the script originally submitted by Johan >Ehnberg (thank you, BTW) to build on a VM (Virtualbox). > >As BackupPC has been updated to 4.1.0 and the script (I believe) pulls >the latest from github I have rerun the script to test the newer >BackupPC version. > >With each VM (version 4.0.0 and now 4.1.0?) I am unable to access the >"su - backuppc" via commandline in order to "ssh-copy-id" keys to the >clients. Any attempt to "su - backuppc" simply returns to the 'root' >user prompt as opposed to the 'backuppc' "$" prompt. I have even backed >out of the 'root' user to the admin user and tried "sudo su - backuppc" >with the same result, a return to the admin user prompt. > >Is there a different way I am to backuppc user login to "ssh-copy-id" >with the newer BackupPC 4 version? > >Is the script not being processed properly the backuppc user account >creation? -- DI (FH) Raoul Bhatia M.Sc. E-Mail. [email protected] Tel. +43 699 10132530 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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/
