> >Are you telling me that this is a known problem of 2.4.3?
> >
> >It's a production system, I'm afraid it's quite a risk to update a
> > rpm by compiling from source (especially for an amanda newbie like
> > me). I'm going to do this only if I have no other chance.
>
> I don't blame you for being a bit reticent, it can bite you.  And, its
> for that reason that I don't personally recommend using the rpm's,
> ever.  
[...]
> ISTR I had some sort of a problem, the details of which I can't recall
> now, and that it was fixed the next day, back someplace in the 2.4.3
> tree.  ISTR there was a typo in the source, and it made it into the
> rpm somehow.

Am I the only one here who uses the Amanda version 2.4.3 bundled with RH9? If 
not, and if this is a known problem of that version, there must be someone 
else here experiencing the same difficulties... and maybe he/she has already 
found the solution. I believed RedHat was widespread enough.