* Chris Hoogendyk <hoogen...@bio.umass.edu> [20190508 14:08]: > I've always done all the configure, build and install from root, > using the --with-user=amanda and --with-group=amanda in configure. > Then all my backup and administrative operations are done as user > amanda. No problems going back 15 years or so. > > On 5/8/19 1:37 PM, Debra S Baddorf wrote: > > > >>On May 7, 2019, at 9:38 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > >> > >> echo "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" > >> echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the" > >> echo "user amanda, but must be installed by user root." > > > >Is this actually still true? I always configure and build and install as > >root. > >My backup account is OPERATOR though, so that could be why I’ve had no > >trouble? > > > >Deb Baddorf > > > -- > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geosciences Departments > (*) \(*) -- 315 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <hoogen...@bio.umass.edu> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4
My 2c: I've always configured and built as a mere user, specifying --with-user=amanda --with-group=disk at the config step and installing as root. jf
