--On Monday, November 22, 2004 12:09:05 -0200 Jose de Paula Eufrasio Junior 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hello there.
> 
> thanks for the help in the level 0 problem, it was another error (wrong tape) 
> :)
> 
> now I'm facing another "problem": some places I want to backup are
> mailboxes or home dirs with 600 permission. The "backup" user can't
> chdir or read this files/dirs, so I thought in running the client as
> root. But I can't :) even changing the user on inetd the programs
> still running as the "backup" user.
> 
> Some advice on this problem? :)

If you installed Amanda while root then all the appropriate
executables should have been installed SUID root.  Perhaps you
overlooked that step?

Frank

> 
> Using amanda 2.4.2p2, debian GNU/Linux



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