On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 01:48:41PM +0100, Benjamin Boksa wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> how do I backup user directories which are not readable by the backup user? 
> Is there a possibility to run DLEs as a different user on the machine to be 
> backed up? Do I have to create a completely independent backup set?
> 
> It would be great if you could point me in the right direction. Thanks in 
> advance
> 
> Benne

Certain amanda programs, including the actual backup commands, run as user 
"root" 
if the amanda system was installed correctly.  Typically this is done by 
installing
amanda as the root user rather than the backup user.

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