Amanda-Users

Re: dumper: FATAL must be run setuid root

2006-01-30 10:49:15
Subject: Re: dumper: FATAL must be run setuid root
From: Gene Heskett <gene.heskett AT verizon DOT net>
To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:58:59 -0500
On Monday 30 January 2006 03:08, Leonid Shulov wrote:
>After I have upgraded amanda in server side to 2.4.5p1-2 version it
>stoped backup.
>In log file of amdump I see:
>
>  dumper: FATAL must be run setuid root to communicate correctly
>
What means did you use to install it, rpms, debs, tarballs built onsite?

>Which permission  should be installed?
>In server side permissions is:
>-rwxr-xr--    1 root disk    30628 Dec 29 21:00 dumper
>-rwxr-xr--    1 root disk     5660 Dec 29 21:00 killpgrp
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root root     4810 Dec 29 20:59 patch-system
>-rwxr-xr--    1 root disk    35608 Dec 29 21:00 planner
>-rwxr-xr--    1 root disk     4764 Dec 29 21:00 rundump
>-rwxr-xr--    1 root disk     5048 Dec 29 21:00 runtar
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root root    18140 Dec 29 21:00 selfcheck
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root root    31912 Dec 29 21:00 sendbackup
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root root    29624 Dec 29 21:00 sendsize
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root root    33004 Dec 29 21:00 taper
>
>In clien side permissions is:
>-rwsr-x---    1 root   disk 146848 Mar 22  2005 dumper
>-rwsr-x---    1 root   disk  19980 Mar 22  2005 killpgrp
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 amanda disk   4810 Mar 22  2005 patch-system
>-rwsr-x---    1 root   disk 148308 Mar 22  2005 planner
>-rwsr-x---    1 root   disk  19036 Mar 22  2005 rundump
>-rwsr-x---    1 root   disk  19184 Mar 22  2005 runtar
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 root   root  78416 Mar 22  2005 selfcheck
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 amanda disk  97692 Mar 22  2005 sendbackup
>-rwxr-xr-x    1 amanda disk  90972 Mar 22  2005 sendsize
>
>PS. When I changed dumper permission to -rwsr-x--- its not help.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Leonid

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