>i tried to install amanda-2.4.2p1 but it failed.Don't know why ...
"why" is because you need to read docs/INSTALL and probably "the chapter":
http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html
The very first thing you need to do is pick an "Amanda user" and give
that name to ./configure.
>The amanda package shipped with the suse does not work,
>maybe the same problem ?
Probably not, but without any more information to go on than "does not
work", it's pretty hard to guess what the problem is.
>Frank
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