Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc and Ubuntu with Sudo

Or better,
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ssh.html#how_can_client_access_as_root_be_avoided

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 12:19 -0500, Trey Nolen wrote:


Jaco wrote:
> Ok, so my Backuppc is running perfectly (on my Debian clients) but how 
> do I get Backuppc to backup my Ubuntu clients running sudo?  Can't get 
> SSH to login passwordless with the root account because of sudo...?  
> Your help highly appreciated!
>
>   
On your Ubuntu clients, just sudo -i to change to root, and then use the 
passwd command to give the root account a password.  That will unlock 
the account.  I recommend setting up your sshd so it only accepts keys 
and not passwords.


Trey Nolen


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