On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 06:29:10PM -0700, Ashwin Kotian wrote: > Ok so I finally took a chance and have installed the > latest amanda version 2.4.4 as follows: > > ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=disk \ > > --with-gnutar=/bin/tar \ > --prefix=/usr/local/amanda > > I thought this is what is needed to tell Amanda to use > GNUTAR instead of DUMP....however I'm not sure if that > worked. I say this because if I rename the dump > binary, amanda complains about unable to execute > /sbin/dump. > > Any clues as to what I'm doing wrong ?
Yes, you select the program to use, a dump or gnutar, by specifying it in the dumptype you select for your disklist entry. Before getting too far with gnutar make sure your version of tar in /bin/tar is a) gnutar and b) a version known to work properly. Try "/bin/tar --version", you should get something like: tar (GNU tar) 1.13.25 Copyright � 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; see the file named COPYING for details. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. If the version is not 1.13.25 or possibly 1.13.19, get a good version and install it in some local bin for amanda's use. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
