On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 03:58:11PM -0500, Phil Howard wrote: > On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 11:01:10AM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > > | On a Debian system, the backup user is a member of the appropriate > | system groups to allow backups to function, i.e. a member of 'disk' > | > | For what it's worth, on a Debian Stable system, I've found that the > | AMANDA packages Just Work very nicely, especially on the clients, since > | there is basically no configuration required. > > Wouldn't I need to at least tell it where the backup server is? >
The server initiates the backup session, so the client does not need server knowledge for this. For recovery a default server is compiled in, but that can be overridden with command line arguments. The system I'm typing this on was my backup server, and of course a client of itself. I have now moved the amanda service to a different computer. When I did, I made no changes to the current system. It is just responds as a client when the new server contacts it. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
