Fernan Aguero wrote:

Hmm ... this is what I have in inetd.conf:

amandaidx stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amindexd   amindexd
amidxtape stream tcp nowait amanda /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amidxtaped 
amidxtaped
amanda    dgram  udp wait   amanda /usr/local/libexec/amanda/amandad    amandad

And the error message from sendsize.*.debug was:

sendsize[20790]: time 508.709: runtar: error [must be invoked by operator]

The "runtar" program, as said by others, must be owned by root
and have the suid-bit on.

To avoid that anyone can use "runtar" and gain root privileges,
the program checks it is invoked by the user that was specified
at compile time (./configure --with-user=operator).
But you invoked amandad, which invoked runtar, as user "amanda" in the
inetd.conf file.

Solution:  run as user operator on that machine, or, alternatively,
recompile amanda with "./configure --with-user=amanda ...".



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