No -- this is the group that the files/amanda user belong to. The idea is that disk devices (and files such as /etc/dumpdates) are owned by root, but the group "disk" (on my linux box), or "operator" (on my freebsd one), or "sys" (I think, on the solaris machines) has read and write access. This means that the amanda user, who is a member of the group that you specified, can access the devices through the group membership, rather than forcing the devices to be owned by Amanda...
HTH, Ricky > -----Original Message----- > From: David Flood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday 08 April 2002 9:04 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: --with-group? > > > What is the significance of the group when configuring i.e. --with- > group. Does it mean whoever is in this group can run the amanda > utils as well as the amanda user? > > ----------------------------------------- > David Flood > Systems Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: +44 (0)1224 262721 > The Robert Gordon University > School of Computing > St. Andrews Street > Aberdeen > ----------------------------------------- >
