* Jean-Louis Martineau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20081104 11:49]: > Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > >Running amanda-2.6.0p2 an attempting to restore a run: > > > ># id > >uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) > ># amfetchdump -p -d tape:/dev/nst0 conf1 gustav | tar -xpGf - > >amfetchdump: running as user "root" instead of "amanda" > > > >ugh? > >jf > > > amfetchdump must be able to access the amanda log and index. Only the > 'amanda' user can do it. > > su amanda -c "amfetchdump -p -d tape:/dev/nst0 conf1 gustav" | tar -xpGf -
Is this a new feature? I've done restore as root in the past I'm sure and never seen this before. Have been living blind all this time? :) So I guess I was lucky enough to do the amfetchdump in a dir owned by amanda and then it could recreate the dir structure and file ownerships... thanks, jf > > Jean-Louis -- <° >< Jean-François Malouin <Jean-Francois.Malouin @ bic.mni.mcgill.ca> System/Network Administrator <http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/~malin> McConnell Brain Imaging Centre Voice: (514) 398-8924 Montréal Neurological Institute Fax: (514) 398-8948 3801 Rue University, Suite WB219 Montréal, Québec, H3A 2B4, Canada
