Amanda-Users

Re: How exactly does Amanda get access to files?

2004-09-20 11:56:18
Subject: Re: How exactly does Amanda get access to files?
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert AT linux-m68k DOT org>
To: Ivan Petrovich <laveer AT tuphaan.engr.wichita DOT edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:54:48 +0200 (MEST)
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ivan Petrovich wrote:
> Thanks for the information. You folks answered my question about how
> amanda has access to all files as root, and I believe you are right
> about root squash. I will look at the NFS export to try to fix the
> problem.

Alternatively, you can back up the files on the NFS server instead of on the
client.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                                                Geert

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