On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 08:05:35AM +0200, Uwe Menges wrote: > On 07/29/16 16:59, Chris Nighswonger wrote: > > Yes, but they are compiled with user 'amandabackup' whereas packages in > > the distro repo are compiled with 'backup.' The site here is large > > enough that the pain of switching the backup username would be quite large. > > To get around this issue, you could duplicate the existing user with the > other name: > > # grep back /etc/passwd > amandabackup:x:33:6:Amanda user:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash > backup:x:33:6:Amanda user:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash > > Yours, Uwe
Do both packages expect the same home dirs etc? If you duplicate the user in /etc/passwd, also duplicate it in /etc/shadow. jl -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
