Does anyone know if i can change the password to the backuppc user in linux
and not have any adverse effects with the backuppc system?

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Nick Smith<nick.smith79 AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Matthias Meyer<matthias.meyer AT gmx DOT li> 
> wrote:
>> Nick Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Ok, new problem, i cant get the backuppc user to work with shared keys.
>>> Ive added the /var/lib/backuppc/.ssh/id_rsa.pub contents to the other
>>> linux box's
>> in /root/.ssh I assume.
>
> yes into authorized_keys and _keys2 which ever one it decides to use.
>>
>
>> The password for user backuppc in the web interface can differ from the
>> password for the linux user.
>> apache compare the password against the htpasswd or htdigest file.
>> Linux, on the other hand, compare it against the /etc/passwd.
>>>
>
> If I dont know the backuppc user password, is it safe to change it
> something else?
> Ot will this screw up some other internal workings of backuppc?
>
> thanks for the help
>

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