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Re: Changing User when using RPMs

2005-11-27 23:07:11
Subject: Re: Changing User when using RPMs
From: Ian Turner <ian AT zmanda DOT com>
To: "Broderick Wood" <bmw AT cs.ualberta DOT ca>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 22:59:03 -0500 
On Sunday 27 November 2005 10:48 pm, Broderick Wood wrote:
> ie.  I want to change the name from "amanda" to "backup" or some other ID
> but runtar seems to have the id "amanda" hard coded into it.

That is correct. At the moment, Amanda has its username compiled-in. 
Therefore, if you want to use a different user name, you will need to 
recompile from source.

We are working to change this, but it's a bigger job than you think.

Cheers,

Ian

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