Thanks for reporting the problem. We are working on new packages that will fix this problem. It will be available soon.
Paddy On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Donald Murray, P.Eng. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm upgrading a fedora 8 client from 2.5.2p1-8.fc8 (installed from a stock > fedora repo) to 2.6.0. I've only found 2.6.0 binary rpms for fedora 7 here, > but no fedora 8: > http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php > > I tried installing zmanda's amanda-backup_client-2.6.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm > on fedora 8 > and it produced the following: > > warning: amanda-backup_client-2.6.0-1.fc7.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA > signature: NOKEY, key ID 3c5d1c92 > Preparing... ########################################### [100%] > passwd: Unknown user name 'amandabackup'. > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: Preparing to install: Amanda Community Edition - > version 2.6.0 > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: Checking for 'amandabackup' user... > useradd: unknown group -d > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > WARNING! WARNING! !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! > !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! The 'amandabackup' user account for this > system has been !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! created, however the user has no password > set. For !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! security purposes this account is > normally locked !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! after creation. Unfortunately, when > locking this !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! account an error occurred. To ensure the > security !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! of your system you should set a password > for the !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! user account 'amandabackup' immediately! > To set such a !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! password, please issue the following > command.: !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! > !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! # passwd amandabackup > !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! > !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: !!! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! > WARNING! WARNING! !!! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: Checking ownership of '/var/lib/amanda'... incorrect! > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: Please ensure that the directory > '/var/lib/amanda' is owned by > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: the user 'amandabackup' and group 'disk'. > Apr 23 2008 06:52:56: > Please review '/var/log/amanda/install.err' to correct errors which > have prevented the Amanda installaton. > Amanda installation log can be found in '/var/log/amanda/install.log' > and errors (if any) in '/var/log/amanda/install.err'. > error: %pre(amanda-backup_client-2.6.0-1.fc7.i386) scriptlet failed, > exit status 1 > error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping > amanda-backup_client-2.6.0-1.fc7 > > The stock fedora 8 rpm used 'amanda' instead of 'amandabackup'. From the > spec file in amanda-2.6.0-1.fc3.src.rpm I found: > useradd -c "Amanda" -M -g ${amanda_group} -d %{AMANDAHOMEDIR} -s > /bin/sh %{amanda_user} > > The '${amanda_group}' should be '%{amanda_group}'. > > I manually created the amandabackup user and locked the account. I > then fixed the ownership > of /var/lib/amanda and attempted the install again. This time it > worked without errors. > > Hope this helps! > -- Amanda http://amanda.zmanda.com ZRM for MySQL http://www.zmanda.com/backup-mysql.html
