* Brian Cuttler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20010702 14:14] thus spake:
>
> I should probably also say that I'm re-building amanda 2.4.2p2
> on IRIX 6.5.x (usually 6.5.7m and up, currently installing
> 6.5.12m on some systems).
I have amanda running as a client on 6.5.11 and 6.5.12 and I used the
following to configure it:
./configure --prefix=/opt/amanda \
--mandir=/usr/local/man \
--with-user=amanda \
--with-group=sys \
--with-configdir=/opt/amanda/etc/amanda \
--with-tape-device=<your_tape_device> \
--with-config=<your_config> \
--with-tape-server=<your_tape_server> \
--with-index-server=<your_index_server>
The amanda user 'amanda' has an entry in /etc/passwd:
amanda:*LK*:666:2:Amanda:/opt/amanda:/bin/sh
Just make sure that the group chosen has the proper
read permissions on the disk devices to be backed up
by amanda by creating /etc/ioperms (man ioconfig)
In this case, /etc/ioperms for this client:
/hw/rdsk/dks0d1s0 0640 root sys
/hw/rdsk/dks0d2s0 0640 root sys
/hw/rdsk/dks0d2s6 0640 root sys
HTH,
jf
>
> >
> > Hello Amanda Group,
> >
> > I'm trying to tighten security and build amanda as a non-root user.
> >
> > On our Sun systems use used --with-user=bin --with-group-sys
> > and had hoped to do the same for our IRIX clients and servers.
> > (on Irix we are also using --disable-libtool which may no longer
> > be needed ? ).
> >
> > The configure, make, make install all run successfully but running
> > the daemon as bin is a problem, system tells me "no shell" which
> > I guess makes sense as the shell in /etc/passwd is /dev/null.
> >
> > Wondering what is the "correct" solution, choose a different non-root
> > user on SGI ? Run as Root on SGI. Ok to change the shell for bin ?
> >
> > Please let me know what your experiences are.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ---
> > Brian R Cuttler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Computer Systems Support (v) 518 486-1697
> > Wadsworth Center (f) 518 473-6384
> > NYS Department of Health Help Desk 518 473-0773
> >
