On Thursday 03 August 2006 08:11, Jeff Portwine wrote: >On the client the /etc/passwd entry is: >backup:x:507:509::/home/backup:/bin/bash > >-Jeff Does that 'backup' then belong to a group in the disk or system ranking in the group file? It should.
>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Joshua Baker-LePain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Jeff Portwine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:18 PM >Subject: Re: amanda config problems > >> On Wed, 2 Aug 2006 at 5:03pm, Jeff Portwine wrote >> >>> I checked the xinetd.d entry on the client: >>> service amanda >>> { >>> socket_type = dgram >>> protocol = udp >>> wait = yes >>> user = backup >>> group = backup >>> groups = yes >>> server = /usr/local/libexec/amandad >>> } >>> >>> I checked the logs: >>> /usr/local/var/amanda/DailySet1/log/amdump.1:planner: >>> USE_AMANDAHOSTS CLIENT_LOGIN="backup" FORCE_USERID HAVE_GZIP >>> >>> So it seems to me everywhere I look that it should be running with >>> user "backup" but it still tries to run as localuser 'root'. I just >>> don't understand it. >> >> What does the /etc/passwd entry for the backup user on the client look >> like? >> >> -- >> Joshua Baker-LePain >> Department of Biomedical Engineering >> Duke University -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
