On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 at 8:43am, Jeremy Wadsack wrote
> Joshua Baker-LePain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > What are the permissions on ~tape (the directory) itself?
>
>
> drwx------ 4 tape disk 1024 Sep 20 23:06 tape
>
> Also:
>
> [root /home]# su tape
> [tape /home]$ cat ~/.amandahosts
> net-cf9a5425 root
Well, thinking about this all more, this "should" work. Urgh.
> > Am I right to say that amanda is still configured to run as user root on
> > the backup server? If so, try setting up a 'tape' user there,
> > reinstalling amanda, changing .amandahosts on the client to contain only
> > the amanda server hostname, and giving it another shot.
>
> Ok, I'll give this a shot. I'm hesitant to recompile or rebuild
> because it works, but this would be something I need to do eventually
> anyway, so I'll take that step now.
Ah, good.
> BTW, docs/INSTALL in the distribution says, "usernames must be present
> in every line, because this is safer." Which implies to me that
> "changing .amandahosts on the client to contain only the amanda server
> hostname" won't work.
Well, it would (and does) work, but it's not as secure, as the docs point
out. So, yes, 'net-cf9a5425 tape' would be safer.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
