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Re: Error in the documentation (Installation) ?

2005-05-05 17:11:59
Subject: Re: Error in the documentation (Installation) ?
From: Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 17:02:50 -0400
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 04:19:14PM -0400, Guy Dallaire wrote:
> According to the amanda doc (www.amanda.org) amanda is supposed to
> install binaries in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> I have NO amanda binaries there. I used the standard configuration
> build. Most binaries are in /usr/local/sbin or /usr/local/libexec
> 
> Is this NORMAL ?
> 
> The doc mentions /usr/local/bin/amcheck and /usr/local/bin/amdup in
> crontab. This CANNOT work as the binaries ar in /usr/local/bin
> 
> Also, the install doc mentions to edit /usr/local/etc/amanda/confname file. 
> 
> The /usr/local/amanda directory was NOT created upon installation
> (with root user doing the make install) is this NORMAL ?
> 

All seems normal.  The docs should probably be modified to read
under "/usr/local".  And the crontab examples adjusted.
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Jon H. LaBadie                  jon AT jgcomp DOT com
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