On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 03:06:17PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > I know it was topic here already ... long ago, maybe someone knows a > solution to this already: > > I have files owned by root that get correctly amdump-ed but throw ugly > errors/warnings when I run my daily amcheck via cron (to remind admins to > change tapes if necessary). > > So I get for example: > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > HOST backup ERROR: backup: Could not access samba_DC_meta > (/root/dc_stuff/backups): Permission denied > > but the actual backup works > > Can I get rid of that? This floods my inboxes and is noise ...
Are the directories not group root and readable/executable by group? Maybe make the amanda a secondary member of the group. Use acl's to specifically let amanda user access. jl -- Jon H. LaBadie [email protected] 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
