Author: "T. Bhaskar Reddy" <bhaskar AT nmsworks.co DOT in>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:33:35 +0530 (IST)
Hi, I am facing a problem , when trying to install amanda2.4.4. The first step of installation procedure(i,e running ./configure )itself is giving problem. When i run the ./configure i am getting the
Author: "Dieter Meinert" <DMeinert AT RosenInspection DOT net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:43:26 +0100
Amanda needs to know as which user it should run later, e.g. amanda, backup, operator or similar (usually take amanda and create that user with group operator or backup) next problem would be --with-
Author: Christoph Scheeder <christoph.scheeder AT scheeder DOT de>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:53:46 +0100
Hi, a little tip: in the amanda-source-dir is a file called INSTALL, it explains the steps needed to configure, compile and install amanda. Especialy it tells you, you have to supply the --with-user=
Author: Martin hepworth <martinh AT solid-state-logic DOT com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:02:27 +0000
Hi well like the error says you need to specify the --with-user flag. You also need to specify the --with-group as well! Have a look in the docs esp the oneline chapter from Backup and Recovery menti
Author: Gene Heskett <gene_heskett AT iolinc DOT net>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 10:27:28 -0500
As is stated in the docs, one must have a user and group that amanda can be run as. The usual method is to add a user named amanda to the systems users and then make 'amanda' a member off group 'disk