I knew it was something easy I was over looking. Thanx for the help. If
you are ever in the bay area, I owe ya a beer!
-Aaron
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, John R. Jackson wrote:
> >ERROR: 7.1box: [can not access /dev/sdd1 (sdd1): Permission denied]
> >...
> >service amanda
> >{
> > socket_type = dgram
> > protocol = udp
> > wait = yes
> > user = ambackup
> > server = /usr/local/libexec/amandad
> > disable = no
> >}
>
> Your missing "groups = yes", which will run amandad in all the groups
> you have it associated with in /etc/groups, not just the primary group
> in /etc/passwd. My guess is you tried to give access to the devices
> (and /etc/dumpdates) by group membership, which is perfectly reasonable,
> but the xinetd folks screwed you up.
>
> >-Aaron
>
> John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
