On 2006-10-19 04:55, Frank Smith wrote: > Debian Amanda package 2.5.0p2-2.1 > > I got tired of my Amanda setup at home continually promoting many > dumps 5 or 6 days ahead (on a 7 day dumpcycle), so I thought I would > add: > maxpromoteday 3 > to my config as line number 24. However, Amanda doesn't seem to like > this, as an amcheck yields" > > $ amcheck daily > "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf", line 24: configuration keyword expected > "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf", line 24: end of line expected > amcheck: errors processing config file "/etc/amanda/daily/amanda.conf"
The "maxpromoteday" is a dumptype parameter, and cannot be added globally. Add it in the some or all dumptype definitions instead. -- Paul Bijnens, xplanation Technology Services Tel +32 16 397.511 Technologielaan 21 bus 2, B-3001 Leuven, BELGIUM Fax +32 16 397.512 http://www.xplanation.com/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** * I think I've got the hang of it now: exit, ^D, ^C, ^\, ^Z, ^Q, ^^, * * F6, quit, ZZ, :q, :q!, M-Z, ^X^C, logoff, logout, close, bye, /bye, * * stop, end, F3, ~., ^]c, +++ ATH, disconnect, halt, abort, hangup, * * PF4, F20, ^X^X, :D::D, KJOB, F14-f-e, F8-e, kill -1 $$, shutdown, * * init 0, kill -9 1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-Alt-Del, AltGr-NumLock, Stop-A, ... * * ... "Are you sure?" ... YES ... Phew ... I'm out * ***********************************************************************
