Author: "Mark Scheufele" <mark.scheufele AT diasemi DOT com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:12:07 +0200
Hi, in our amanda setup there are no other clients than the backup server itself. The amanda software was compiled with the options--with-user=amanda --with-owner=amanda --with-group=sys so that all
Author: Paul Bijnens <Paul.Bijnens AT xplanation DOT com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:40:06 +0200
Good. Bad. Amanda already runs the real backup program (gnutar) with a setuid-root program, ("runtar" -- look in libexec) , giving it all the permissions needed. For dump all that is needed is that t
Author: Chris Hoogendyk <hoogendyk AT bio.umass DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:36:46 -0400
I would not do that. Generally speaking, use root as little as possible. Just follow the setup instructions and use the amanda user. You need root to run amrecover, but not to run backups. When I fir
Author: "Mark Scheufele" <mark.scheufele AT diasemi DOT com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:13:53 +0200
Hi, I have installed all binaries correctly. The problem was rather me than amanda. The SUID bits weren't clear to me in the firstplace. Therefore I thought I would have to run local dumps under the