On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: >On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400 > >Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: >> >On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett >> ><[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> Many many thanks for the hint, but it was confusing that it was the >> >> Shop:/home/amanda/.amandahosts file I fixed, and not the >> >> Shop:/home/backup/.amandahosts. >> > >> >Presumably backup's home directory (in /etc/passwd) is /home/amanda. >> >Don't blame me, I'm not a kubuntu developer. >> >> See? Its sort of a now it can be told thing. But that brings up the >> question of who owns /home/amanda on such a (broken IMO) installation? > >Actually, nobody owns it; it doesn't exist on a standard Ubuntu >installation. From my unchanged Ubuntu client installation: > >r...@dzur:/var# grep backup /etc/passwd >backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh >r...@dzur:/var#
Oookaaay, what do you get from a "grep amanda /etc/passwd"? Yeah, this might be a 2 beer night yet. :( Thanks Charles -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Bucy's Law: Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
