Amanda-Users

Re: amfetchdump: running as user "root" instead of "amanda" ??

2008-11-05 15:42:34
Subject: Re: amfetchdump: running as user "root" instead of "amanda" ??
From: Jean-Francois Malouin <Jean-Francois.Malouin AT bic.mni.mcgill DOT ca>
To: AMANDA users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 15:39:44 -0500
* Jean-Louis Martineau <martineau AT zmanda DOT com> [20081105 15:28]:
> >  
> amfetchdump must be run by amanda, tar must be run by root. Logged as 
> root, you do:
> 
> # su amanda -c "/opt/amanda/sbin/amfetchdump -b 2048k -p -d tape:/dev/nst0 
> top gustav /raid/ipl 20081104" | tar -xpGf -
> 
> Look where I put the ".

Indeed!

Thanks Jean-Louis!

jf
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