Gene Heskett wrote:

> I take it you unpacked, made, and installed amanda as root.
> Generally speaking, thats a no-no.

Yes I did. But that's only for a quick test... It should not be relevant

who builds the code (only for security considerations). (Or am I wrong)?

If a segfault occoures the code is clear buggy. I segfault should never
occour.

I used these (and more) configure options
--with-user=amanda --with-group=amanda


Sven