On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:38 AM, draccusfly <[email protected]> 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 try and send an email. But I get an authentication error when I run > su backuppc. I know I have the correct password but still am unable to run. > If I try the command BackupPC_sendEmail -u email address I get an unknown > command error. I have checked the /etc/passwd file (after reading another > post) and found that the user backuppc has /bin/bash shell access. > > Any other ideas?
Two ideas: 1. Try "su backuppc" as root since it shouldn't ask for a password. 2. Make sure the password is right by resetting it, "passwd backuppc". 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. HTH , Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ 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/
