Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of how-to/servers/create-backup-account

Timestamp:

Jul 9, 2013, 9:34:54 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Ross

Comment:

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how-to/servers/create-backup-account

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+= How do I create a backup account for a member? =
+
+The steps for creating a backup account for a member are:
+
+1. Find a backup server with available space.
+2. As `root@BACKUP_SERVER` do
+{{{
+useradd MEMBER_NAME-sync
+}}}
+3. Create a backup directory for the MEMBER_NAME-sync user at /home/members/MEMBERNAME-sync/backups
+{{{
+mkdir -p /home/members/MEMBER_NAME-sync/backups
+}}}
+4. Change ownership of that directory to the MEMBER_NAME-sync user.
+{{{
+chown MEMBER_NAME-sync:MEMBER_NAME-sync /home/members/MEMBER_NAME-sync/backups
+}}}
+5. login as the MEMBER_NAME-sync user.
+{{{
+su - MEMBER_NAME-sync
+}}}
+6. Create a symlink to the backup directory from the member's home directory.
+{{{
+ln -s /home/members/MEMBER_NAME-sync/backups backups
+}}}
+7. Add the rsa key for the user or their monkeysphere/gpg user id to the /home/MEMBER-NAME-sync/.ssh/authorized_keys file or /home/MEMBER-NAME-sync/.monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids file respectively.  Then run
+{{{
+ monkeysphere-authentication u MEMBER_NAME-sync
+}}}
+
+The member should now be able to ssh into the server with `ssh MEMBER_NAME-sync@SERVER_NAME.mayfirst.org`.  If they can, then your task is complete!