Christopher Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to set it up as an optional package for a Linux
> distribution. "bin" does have a ~, it is /bin. /bin isn't exactly the
You should not install it as bin, but as user backup (as e.g Debian
does), or user amanda (as Amanda does by default).
If you install it as user bin, then, yes, .amandahosts will have to
be in ~bin, which is /bin in your case.
> standard users to select from in our distribution, I can't add one just
> for amanda. "root" is the only user we have that has an actual home
You should. SuSE and Debian do.