Re: [Bacula-users] Running bacula-fd as non-root

2014-11-26 Thread Uwe Schuerkamp
Thanks for your replies folks, I got it to work on CentOS for now using /etc/sysconfig/bacula-fd. All the best, Uwe -- NIONEX --- Ein Unternehmen der Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free E

Re: [Bacula-users] Running bacula-fd as non-root

2014-11-18 Thread Simone Caronni
Hello, On 18 November 2014 13:06, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote: > 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)? > if you use the command line switch "-k" it will drop all privileges except ReadAll. Don'

Re: [Bacula-users] Running bacula-fd as non-root

2014-11-18 Thread heitor
"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 --pidfil