Thanks a lot that was the solution.

If I grep the usernames from passwd file how do I add the password?
>>From what I see, the content of (for the same user/passwd combination)
/etc/shadow is quite different from the one in /etc/backuppc/htpasswd.

Dejan


> 
> > How can I enable this? How can I setup user name/password for each user?
> 
> Would certainly be easiest if your users already have Linux accounts
> on your network.   Then you can just grep their usernames out of the
> password file and put it into the htpasswd used by BackupPC.   Run
> that in a cron job on a nightly basis or even several times a day if
> you want, so as to always have their latest passwords.   It's a very
> simple script with grep and awk.
> 
> You'll also have to manage the BackupPC hosts file as per the docs.
> 
> If your users do not already have Linux accounts then it's not so easy.
> 
> 
> --
> "I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends"
>  - Abraham Lincoln


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