On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:47:42PM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 06:01:46PM -0400, Steve Newcomb wrote:
> > chown root.disk /home/amanda/libexec/runtar
> 
> All the chown's I've used require a colon (':'),
> not a period ('.') between the user and group. 

It's a BSD-ism that's been inherited into the GNU tools.  POSIX
technically disallows it because a username is allowed to contain
dots. 

Check the documentation for fileutils for more references.  Might not
be a bad idea to convert that to colon since Amanda can run on many
platforms that are both non-BSD and non-GNU.

-- 
Ross Vandegrift
ross AT kallisti DOT us

"The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those who
make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians
have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine
man in the bonds of Hell."
        --St. Augustine, De Genesi ad Litteram, Book II, xviii, 37