On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 19:19:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > ERROR: picnc: selfcheck request failed: file/dir '/usr/local/etc' > (/usr/local/etc/amanda-security.conf) is writable by the group > Client check: 5 hosts checked in 11.353 seconds. 5 problems found. > (brought to you by Amanda 3.5.1) > > Everything in the src build dir and below is owned by amanda:disk, > actually built by amanda in the /home/amanda directory, same as I have > always done it. > > An ls -l of /usr/local shows etc is owned by root:staff. > > And amanda is not the only user of that etc directory.
(Sorry, didn't see this particular message until after replying to the one you sent at 21:43...) The question is "does the 'staff' group really need write permissions on /usr/local/etc/ ?" Assuming not, the easy solution is to remove group-write permission from the directory. (If you actually do have non-root members of "staff" writing to that directory in your environment [or to /usr/local/, etc.], you may need to move the amanda-security.conf file to a different, amanda-specific path -- e.g. by tweaking your build script to pass --with-security-file to configure.) Nathan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Stratton Treadway - natha...@ontko.com - Mid-Atlantic region Ray Ontko & Co. - Software consulting services - http://www.ontko.com/ GPG Key: http://www.ontko.com/~nathanst/gpg_key.txt ID: 1023D/ECFB6239 Key fingerprint = 6AD8 485E 20B9 5C71 231C 0C32 15F3 ADCD ECFB 6239