I have an amanda user account. I don't know what password the portage install used for it, so I stomped on it using the passwd command. No doing an: su amanda appears to work (there is no login error
Author: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 03:24:12 -0500
Then I suspect you are going to have to, as root, type passwd amanda, and enter a new, known passwd for the amanda account. However, here, I can as root, do an su amanda and become amanda to the whoi
Author: Keith Edmunds <keith AT midnighthax DOT com>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:02:46 +0000
appears to work (there is no login error), but when I do a whoami, it reports root, or whatever user I logged in from. Sounds as though you don't have a valid shell set for that user. What does grep
Make sure amanda's shell, listed in /etc/passwd, is a valid one. If not /bin/sh, it may have to be one listed in /etc/shells. -- Jon H. LaBadie jon AT jgcomp DOT com JG Computing 4455 Province Line R
Author: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 13:43:47 +0100
su amanda appears to work (there is no login error), but when I do a whoami, it reports root, or whatever user I logged in from. Running amcheck fails, reporting that I must be logged in as amanda. A
* Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net> [2005-11-26 11:36]: I installed amanda from gentoo 2005 using portage. The password file contains this line: amanda:x:87:87:added by portage for amand