Using your last suggestion, that of changing the script "You can reinstall fresh and choose another style for the backuppc user (change the adduser command by removing --shell /bin/false and --system)" I removed the "--system" and the "--shell /bin/false" and I got the following error:
Give password or leave empty to generate one: Password given is: 6xxxxxxxV <<--changed for security purposes, obviously Warning: The home dir /var/lib/backuppc you specified already exists. Adding group `backuppc' (GID 1001) ... Done. chpasswd: (user backuppc) pam_chauthtok() failed, error: Authentication token manipulation error chpasswd: (line 1, user backuppc) password not changed And the script stops at this point. Seems to be issues with this "generate password" part. In the past, when I chose to have a password generated, too many times your script did not give me the password generated so, during installs, I started typing in my own password, as I have done here. Now this? Hum-m-m-m? Suggestions? On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 12:41 PM Johan Ehnberg <jo...@molnix.com> wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Thanks for the feedback! > > The symptoms you are getting are due to how I designed the script with > backuppc being a system user without shell etc. As such, it is not related > to BackupPC version - you can make BackupPC 4 work the way you are used to. > > There are many options for you to support your routines, here are a few: > > - You can do 'sudo -u backuppc ssh-copy-id user@targethost' as it is with > the current setup > > - You can change the shell for backuppc with 'sudo chsh backuppc' > > - You can reinstall fresh and choose another style for the backuppc user > (change the adduser command by removing --shell /bin/false and --system) > > If you have a lot of hosts, it may make sense to use orchestration tools > that manage ssh keys instead. > > Hope this helps, > > Johan > > > On 1/21/19 6:49 PM, Robert Wooden wrote: > > Just rebuilt an Ubuntu 18.04 with the > "Installing-BackupPC-4-from-tarball-or-git-on-Ubuntu" script that Mr. > Ehnberg recently updated. > > When I try to ssh-copy-id "su - backuppc" does not work. When I "su - > backuppc -s /bin/bash:" I get a "backuppc@[myhostname]:~$" command > prompt. That is I am getting a username@hostname command prompt rather > than just a "$". > > In the days of version 3 I always used "su - backuppc" from root and it > always gave me a "$" prompt and then I got use to the manner "ssh-copy-id" > worked. > > Now, with version 4, this required activity is different and troublesome. > > What is the proper ssh-copy-id command process used by other people who > have used the Ehnberg script to setup BackupPC to copy the ssh keys to the > clients? > > -- > Thank you. > > Bob Wooden > > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing listbackuppc-us...@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > *Johan Ehnberg* Founder, CEO Molnix Oy > jo...@molnix.com +358 50 320 96 88 molnix.com > > > *The contents of this e-mail and its attachments are for the use of the > intended recipient only, and are confidential and may contain legally > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have > otherwise received the e-mail in error, please notify the sender by > replying to this e-mail immediately and then delete it immediately from > your system. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this > communication without prior and explicit permission of the sender is > strictly prohibited.* > > *Please consider the environment - do not print this e-mail unless you > really need to.* > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Thank you. Bob Wooden Toll-Free 1.844.DTROPHY (844.387.6749) Local 615.885.2846 www.donelsontrophy.com *"Everyone deserves an award!!"*
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