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Re: Starting From Scratch

2003-07-03 21:58:56
Subject: Re: Starting From Scratch
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: Harry Mbang <hmbang AT devassoc1 DOT com>, amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 21:55:50 -0400
On Thursday 03 July 2003 16:28, Harry Mbang wrote:
>Hi all,
>please forgive me in advance for what for most may seem
>simple minded questions, here goes:
>
>I rebuilt amanda (reintsalled), unlike the previous time I
>do not have an etc folder under /usr/local.  An amanda
>folder is found under /usr/local/share.  In it is located
>text files like tapetypes, how tos etc.  My question is
>where should i put my config folder.  How does amanda know
>where to look for the config folder?  Thanks in advances
>for any response.
>
>Harry.

That is normally a configuration time option so that its compiled in.
I think it has defaults of /usr/local/etc/amanda/, where you supply 
the appended configname, like the default DailySet

Indices and such are then kept in /usr/local/var/amanda.

OTOH, I configured mine in at the defaults.

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