Julien CABIECES <cabieces.julien AT wanadoo DOT fr> writes:

> I have reinstall amanda 2.4.4 and I have created a dump user. I would like to 
> know if I have to use amrecover as root or can I use it as my dump user. 
> 
> I have done : 
>  
> # su media2i
> $ amrecover 
> amrecover must be run by root 

You can make it setuid root (and should restrict execution to the dump
user):

-rwsr-x---    1 root     backup      56168 Nov  6  2002 /usr/sbin/amrecover

Root permissions are only used for authentication to the amanda
server, everything else runs as the user starting the program.

This means that the tar runs as non-root, so it cannot restore file
ownerships.

        Sven