On 29/09/17 12:08 PM, Steven Backus wrote: > Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> writes: > > > The error message is misleading. > > The problem is that you run it as root! > > > Amanda is not expected to be run as root, do you always run > > amanda as root? > > Yes. Seems best to let it read all the files on the systems
Running something as root when not required is always BAD. Any bug, bad configuration or misuse can be a lot more harmful. Disallowing root to run amanda was not planned, it is a side effect of the other security fix. I'm wondering if I should patch amanda to allow it. Anyway, you can try to remove the check in server-src/amcheck.c, but it might fail somewhere else. Jean-Louis This message is the property of CARBONITE, INC. and may contain confidential or privileged information. If this message has been delivered to you by mistake, then do not copy or deliver this message to anyone. Instead, destroy it and notify me by reply e-mail
