Adam Goryachev wrote:

>> [root@Archiver ~]# su backuppc
>> bash-3.2$            <== This doesn't look as expected
>
> Actually, yes, this is the default prompt, which is usually modified  
> in
> your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile files, but the backuppc user doesn't
> have/use these files....

Correct.

> After you su - backuppc do:
> mkdir /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh
> chmod 0700 /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh
> Possibly ssh-keygen doesn't bother to try and create the directory  
> if it
> is missing.

I believe that is that case, yes.

> PS, bonus hint, run the command "id" (see "man id" for more info and
> flags) to see what user you are logged in as/currently.

Or 'whoami'.

Also: you didn't really need to change the login shell for the  
backuppc user. You could have used 'su -s /bin/bash - backuppc' to  
specify bash as the one-time shell.

Nils.

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