"is it possible to run the bacula-fd as a non-root user (knowing full well that certain parts of the system can't be backed up properly then)?"
Hello Uwe: maybe you can use a sudo -u user_name on the init.d scripts that starts the daemon (need testing): start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \ --exec "sudo -u user_name" $DAEMON -- $ARGS Regards ============================================================ Heitor Medrado de Faria I'm looking for a job overseas: Bacula / backup manager | Sysadmin | Analyst. +55 61 2021-8260 | 8268-4220 Site: www.bacula.com.br | Facebook: heitor.faria | Gtalk: heitorfa...@gmail.com ============================================================ ----- Mensagem original ----- De: "Uwe Schuerkamp" <uwe.schuerk...@nionex.net> Para: "Bacula Users Mailing List" <bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Enviadas: Terça-feira, 18 de novembro de 2014 10:06:18 Assunto: [Bacula-users] Running bacula-fd as non-root Hi folks, is it possible to run the bacula-fd as a non-root user (knowing full well that certain parts of the system can't be backed up properly then)? All the best, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users