On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, McGraw, Robert P wrote:

For the OS file systems we use the native backup, which in this case is
dump.

Robert

[Please remember to reply on-list when asking for help.]

I was afraid of that.  dump is not recommended or even expected to work
on Linux.  You need to use the tar dumptype and specify a file path
rather than a device.  The tar will run suid as root and the permissions
problems won't occur.

-Mitch

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org [mailto:owner-amanda-
users AT amanda DOT org] On Behalf Of Mitch Collinsworth
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 4:54 PM
To: McGraw, Robert P
Cc: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
Subject: Re: Red Hat amanda question



On Tue, 3 Mar 2009, McGraw, Robert P wrote:

I have set up an Amanda client on a Red Hat 5.2 server and amcheck
recognizes the new client.

One of the things that I had to do for the 5.2 client to work is

change

the permissions and group for the device /dev/root.

Are you doing dump or tar backups?

-Mitch