On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:11, Jeff Portwine wrote:
>On the client the /etc/passwd entry is:
>backup:x:507:509::/home/backup:/bin/bash
>
>-Jeff
Does that 'backup' then belong to a group in the disk or system ranking in 
the group file?  It should.

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <jlb17 AT duke DOT edu>
>To: "Jeff Portwine" <jdport AT michigandrill DOT com>
>Cc: <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:18 PM
>Subject: Re: amanda config problems
>
>> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 at 5:03pm, Jeff Portwine wrote
>>
>>> I checked the xinetd.d entry on the client:
>>> service amanda
>>> {
>>>       socket_type     = dgram
>>>       protocol        = udp
>>>       wait            = yes
>>>       user            = backup
>>>       group           = backup
>>>       groups          = yes
>>>       server          = /usr/local/libexec/amandad
>>> }
>>>
>>> I checked the logs:
>>> /usr/local/var/amanda/DailySet1/log/amdump.1:planner:
>>> USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> What does the /etc/passwd entry for the backup user on the client look
>> like?
>>
>> --
>> Joshua Baker-LePain
>> Department of Biomedical Engineering
>> Duke University

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