First pass at debugging my set-up. I run su amanda -c "amcheck daily"
I get the following result bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf", line 0: default tapetype EXABYTE not defined amcheck: errors processing config file "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf" I have tried to follow the guide on Frankelinux.com http://people.web.psi.ch/bearpark/mirror/frankenlinux.com/ guides/amandaclient.html I have the obvious problem with default tapetype EXABYTE not defined. Before I started I read somewhere that I could run amanda without tapes and then put the result on a CD. I assumed by eliminating all the tape data ( didn't realize exabyte would be a default ) with # at the beginning of each line. I have all the steps I did as root saved ( copied the terminal screen )but of course that's tediously long; Also I am a one machine user with both Windows and Linux Red Hat 8.0. My ultimate intent is to backup all the computer. After I get past this I have to master Samba enough to be workable so I can get Windows. DO I have the ability to write the data saved on the amanda backup directory to CD. WHAT must I do to get rid of the tape defaults. Thank You Jim ===== Be Good to Yourself Jim Quinlan http://community.webtv.net/ywure
