On Fri, 16 May 2003 at 6:24am, Gene Heskett wrote

> At risk of starting a flame war here, the number of folks who have 
> made the rpms work is relatively miniscule.  Most build from the 
> tar.gz.  And version 2.4.2p2 is indeed pretty ancient, the latest 
> 2.4.4-snapshot_date versions having gained some new features while 
> maintaining backwards compatibility.  Get those from Jean-Louis 

If you're not into running snapshots, there's also the released version of 
2.4.4 at amanda.org.

> M.'s site at umontreal, link near the bottom of the page at 
> www.amanda.org.  I'm running the 20030428 version myself.
> I highly recommend that you make a script out of your configuration 
> options used so that if you ever want to upgrade, the same script 
> can be reused, maintaining compatibility with the older version 
> each time you do this.

A good idea.

> I haven't posted mine for a month or so, and its not too long, so 
> here goes again, bearing in mind it needs edited for your devices 
> and IP addresses:
> ----------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> # since I'm always forgetting to su amanda...
> if [ `whoami` != 'amanda' ]; then
>       echo
>       echo "!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!"
>       echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the user amanda,"
>       echo "but must be installed by user root."

Actually, amanda can be configured and built by anybody.  I always do it 
as myself.  It's just 'make install' that needs a particular user (root) 
to do it.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University