On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > > When you run amdump, amanda runs tar via the setuid root 'runtar' wrapper. > > > During amcheck, all processes are run as the amanda user. So, if the > > > amanda user can't cd into /home/blom, you'll get those erros. The backup > > > will probably still work... > > > > amcheck is setuid root also -- at least on my system. > > Does it change its euid to check access? > > :It's not amcheck that gets run on the clients, it's selfcheck, which isn't > :setuid root.
Shall I set it "setuid root" or not? Why isn't this set by the normal installation routine? Is this insecure? Thnx, Ciao, Simon Frettloeh
