On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:12, Jeff Portwine wrote:
>I believe I was root when I compiled it, but I
>used --with-user=backup --with-group=backup when I ran the ./configure
>script.
>
Doesn't make any diff, the perms are all fubar if built as root.

>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw AT amanda DOT org>
>To: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:09 PM
>Subject: Re: amanda config problems
>
>> Jeff Portwine schrieb:
>>> So it seems to me everywhere I look that it should be running with
>>> user "backup" but it still tries to run as localuser 'root'.    I just
>>> don't understand it.
>>
>> To me it seems as if you have compiled Amanda as user "root", instead
>> of doing that as user "backup".
>>
>> http://www.amanda.org/docs/install.html#id2527059
>>
>> sgw

-- 
Cheers, Gene
People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word
'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's
stupid bounce rules.  I do use spamassassin too. :-)
Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
message by Gene Heskett are:
Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.