Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-12 Thread Koen Vermeer
On 2012-12-11 14:48, Richard Shaw wrote: > On a side note, system accounts shouldn't have shell access for > security reasons, when I want to login as backuppc I have to use, "su > -s /bin/bash backuppc" or something like that. I've been trying to figure out a way to prevent having to allow shell

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-12-11 16:12, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On 2012-12-11 13:57, Michael Stowe wrote: >> Let's stop right there -- you either know the backuppc password, or you >> don't. > > I bet one donut that he knows the "backuppc" HTTPauth password, not the > system user password. Sorry, that came out less

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-12-11 13:57, Michael Stowe wrote: > Let's stop right there -- you either know the backuppc password, or you > don't. I bet one donut that he knows the "backuppc" HTTPauth password, not the system user password. Regards, Tyler -- Commander Harken: "Seems odd you’d name your ship after a

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread Michael Stowe
> I inherited an existing backuppc system which is working in the main but > there are a couple of issues that I am troubleshooting. 1 is email not > going out, so I logged on to the server and tried to run su backuppc so > that I can manually try and send an email. But I get an authentication >

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread Jim Kyle
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 7:48:13 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: > On a side note, system accounts shouldn't have shell access for > security reasons, when I want to login as backuppc I have to use, "su > -s /bin/bash backuppc" or something like that. This is definitely worth emphasizing. The on

Re: [BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:38 AM, draccusfly wrote: > I inherited an existing backuppc system which is working in the main but > there are a couple of issues that I am troubleshooting. 1 is email not going > out, so I logged on to the server and tried to run su backuppc so that I can > manually

[BackupPC-users] can run su backuppc user

2012-12-11 Thread draccusfly
I inherited an existing backuppc system which is working in the main but there are a couple of issues that I am troubleshooting. 1 is email not going out, so I logged on to the server and tried to run su backuppc so that I can manually try and send an email. But I get an authentication error w