Jeff Portwine schrieb:
> I believe I was root when I compiled it, but I used --with-user=backup
> --with-group=backup when I ran the ./configure script.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw AT amanda DOT 
> org>

>> http://www.amanda.org/docs/install.html#id2527059

So you did read the mentioned link ? Seems not ...

It says:

"Make sure that you don't build the software as root, you may run the
first make-command as the Amanda-user, for example. On the other hand
you have to run make install as root to get the binaries installed with
the proper permissions."

Greets, Stefan.