>First off, I just want to start this out saying that I am not an expert at
>this by far but I have read the chapter from backup central about 5 times ...
As far as I'm concerned, that makes you an "expert" :-).
>In freebsd you must add amanda to the group operators. ...
That depends on whether you are using dump or GNU tar and what group
has read access to the raw disk devices. GNU tar doesn't need special
group membership because it runs under a setuid-root wrapper. For dump,
you either need to put Amanda in the group that owns the devices,
or change the group of the devices to something Amanda is a member of
(possibly a brand new Amanda only group).
>You don't use the directory's when telling it what to backup ...
I prefer to use the logical (mount point) names rather than the
disk names. I've moved data around too often in the past and prefer
the extra level of indirection. But this is personal preference.
Amanda can handle either. For GNU tar it will convert a disk name to
the mount point. For dump it will convert a mount point to the disk
(assuming, in either case, your /etc/fstab or the equivalent is correct).
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
