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VTS Backend Helper.
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vts password #12

Closed jrjdavidson closed 4 years ago

jrjdavidson commented 4 years ago

feeling a little sheepish here, but what is the password for the 'vts' user created when installing vts-backend? Can't figure it out and don't see documentation about it either...

vaclavblazek commented 4 years ago

From vts-backend's postinst script:

adduser \
            --ingroup ${USER} \
            --no-create-home \
            --disabled-password \
            --home "${HOME}" \
            --gecos "VTS user" \
            --shell /bin/bash \
            ${USER} >/dev/null

So, there is no password. You can switch to this account via switching to root first (sudo -s vts).

Or, for convenience, you can add your ssh key to ~vts/.ssh/authorized_keys file (note that vts user home is /var/vts/!) and then you can ssh to vts@machine. You have to set proper mode (600 for file and 700 for dir) and proper dir ownership (vts:vts).

Or you can enable just password, if this is your local machine. Use sudo passwd vts and enter your new password.

jrjdavidson commented 4 years ago

Thanks- didn't think of that last one... Sorry, a bit new to all this!