On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:31:09AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote:
> * Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> [2006:07:12:00:09:07-0400] scribed:
> <snip />
> 
> > When asked to, and if run by root, they record the date and
> > time and level of the dumps in a file /etc/dumpdates.  This
> > file then can be used by dump in the future to decide what
> > needs backing up at various dump levels.
> > 
> > Tar does not have this built-in, so amanda mimics it in
> > /etc/amandates.
> 
> My point is, on _my_ amanda server, that files does NOT exist:
> 
>     # sudo ls /etc/ama*
>     Password:
>     /etc/amandahosts  /etc/amandapass
> 
>     /etc/amanda:
>     DailySet1  crontab.amanda
> 
> 
> What am I missing?

On each client that is using tar for dumping you need
/etc/amandadates, owned by client's "amandauser/group",
rw by user&group

If your server is also a client, then you need that file.

amandahosts should be ".amandahosts" and it should not
be in /etc, but in the home directory of amandauser.

BTW in your line:

>     # sudo ls /etc/ama*

Do you really need to sudo to execute ls on the /etc dir?
Particularly if you are already running as root ('# ' prompt).

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