On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 11:22:38PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >See what that number maps to in /etc/group.  I'm betting it 
> >goes to an 'amanda' group and not the 'disk' group.
> 
> There was not, and still is not, a group named amanda, just the amanda 
> entry in the disk line.

Is there any chance you're using ldap/nis/winbind/etc for groups in
nsswitch.conf?  The "amanda" group must be coming from somewhere.  If
it's not listed in /etc/group, I'm wondering if there's another source
of groups on your system.

-- 
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