>... I also have tried upgrading amanda to a
>recent version, but the configs don't seem to be compatible going from
>2.4.1p1 to 2.4.2p2 (question in and of itself).
So, what's the question? What do you mean by "the configs don't seem to
be compatible"? As far as I know, 2.4.2 is upward compatible with 2.4.1.
The only amanda.conf variable I can think of that isn't is a negative
value for "use" in the holding disk section.
>... Since a couple months ago, though, a
>directory underneath my mail partition has not been written aside
>from its name. I've checked the logs everytime and amanda thinks life
>is hunky-dorie.
First, we need to get something clear. Amanda doesn't do backups.
Amanda runs other backup programs for you. So Amanda wouldn't know
anything about such things. It's the backup program you're using that's
at issue here.
>I've determined the problem to be somewhat related to permissions.
>The /export/data/mail (linked to /var/mail) is such
>
> drwxrwsrwt /export/data/mail
>
>The directory "folders" (IMAP folders) underneath that *was*
>
> drwxr-s--- /export/data/mail/folders
>
>and wasn't getting written to tape. I changed it to
>
> drwxrwsrwt
>
>and only the data one level underneath was written, meaning some other
>permission problem is occuring (I guess). I don't see why the sticky
>bit or being setgid would affect it.
Which backup program are you using (e.g. ufsdump, GNU tar, etc)?
Is any of this NFS mounted? Even automounted from itself?
What do you mean by "/export/data/mail (linked to /var/mail)"?
>Andrew A. Raines
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
