>... how would you explain >(messed up index file or no) how it worked with bin as the user >under 2.4.1p1? ...
I don't think it was. I don't see any way it could have been working unless you were running it as root. Well, actually, you might have been able to configure Amanda using --with-rundump. Do you recall doing that? >Was there something changed between 2.4.1p1 >and 2.4.2p2 that would affect this? No. >I don't want to appear to be nagging ... No problem. I'd be curious how you had it working, too. >David Flood John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]