On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:08:33PM -0500, steven karel wrote: > well, it works for me, but I wrote those instructions, so maybe I left > something out.
Regarding those instructions: Compiling and using amanda following your documentation works because you suggest --with-group=wheel and xinetd runs as root:wheel. I had problems using --with-group=amanda, getting "permission denied" on running any sgid programs such as runtar. I found that xinetd will not properly activate primary group membership if not given the "groups" option in the service configuration file and therefore try to run the 2750 amanda:amanda runtar etc. as amanda:wheel. There's also an entry in the xinetd FAQ regarding problems with several BSD systems, primary group membership and the "groups" option. But I found it too late. :-/ Perhaps this is worth adding to your instructions? -- bye, Michael
