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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fatal error (bad version): /sbin/nologin: invalid option

2015-10-28 11:57:09
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Fatal error (bad version): /sbin/nologin: invalid option
From: David Cramblett <david AT functionalchaos DOT net>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:24:28 -0700
On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:34 AM, fujisan <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com> wrote:
Well, when i do

su backuppc

it says

This account is currently not available.

But that's normal because the shell is set to /sbin/nologin.

Fuji


That's probably a smart configuration to protect the backuppc user. If you need to set up SSH keys or perform other maintenance as the backuppc user, you can log in temporarily:

sudo su - backuppc -s /bin/bash


 
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