On Friday 02 October 2009, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: >On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 16:32:57 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Humm, from /etc/passwd: >> >> amanda:x:1001:6:...:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash >> backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh > >On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 21:46:37 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> So you don't even have a user amanda, nor a /home/amanda directory... > >On a stock Debian/Ubuntu installation, UID 1001 is the first in the >"user accounts" range, which would indicate that you created that >'amanda' account "manually" at some point.... > I did, trying to make it work like the tarball install on this machine has worked for much of a decade now.
>On the other hand, 'backup' is a standard user that's part of all Debian >installs; the Amanda packages use it, but so do some other parts of the >system even if Amanda is not installed. (In other words, the Amanda >packages are simply piggybacking on an already-existing system user.) The /home/backup directory was empty until I put an .amandahosts file there, which also didn't work. Since there was nothing else in it, and passwd says backup's default dir is /var/backups, I just nuked the whole thing. If something squawks because it needs it, its not that hard to re-create it. Thanks Nathan. -- 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> Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
