Try:
su - amanda
instead of
su amanda
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Francois Bradet wrote:
> Ever since I've upgraded from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2, I can't
> run amdump if I just "su" to user amanda.
>
> ex:
> ## rei:/usr/local/amanda/sbin# su amanda
> ## rei:/usr/local/amanda/sbin$ ./amdump AM
> ## amdump: must be run as user amanda
>
> However, if I telnet in as user amanda, it works just fine.
> Any idea what's causing this ? It used to work perfectly
> by su'ing as user amanda.
>
> I also do the following, when I start amdump manually:
>
> 1. telnet in as user 'hernick' (not a special user)
> 2. su as user 'root'
> 3. start a 'screen'
> 4. su as user 'amanda'
> 5. run 'amdump'
>
>
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Isaac Saldana
