Hi Peter,
Redhat setup everything for amanda using user amanda.
So if you use user amanda to run your backups, you'll be fine.
You don't specify the backup type you use. (GNU)Tar is recommended
for Linux systems. I guess you added /dev/sda1 to your disklist. I think
you should add /boot and /usr (diretory names instead of device names)
to your disklist.
Succes,
Edwin
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From: Peter Seebach[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Reply To: Peter Seebach
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 6:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RedHat, amanda, and "permission denied"
I'm trying to set Amanda up on a redhat system. I'm using an account
"operator", which I moved into group "disk", the group listed as having r/w
access to the disk devices.
If I run:
su operator -c "amcheck config"
I get a slew of "/dev/sda?: permission denied" messages.
If I do:
su - operator
$ dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/null bs=1k count=1
it works fine. So, I have permission to read the disk.
What am I doing wrong?
-s
