On Sunday 26 May 2019 01:47:14 pm Charles Curley wrote: > Having create a set of zmanda debian packages on one debian 9.9 > machine, I have copied those to another freshly built machine, and > installed them. > > I seem to hit a problem with permissions and ownership > of /etc/amanda-security.conf. > > amcheck wants /etc/amanda-security.conf, but the file is in > /etc/amanda, not /etc. That one cannot solve with a symlink. Copy the > file instead. > Or use my configure script and give it the full path so it defeats the defaults.
> amcheck also wants it to be owned by root, and not writable by the > group. > > Having done that I get another error message complaining: > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check > -------------------------------- > HOST localhost ERROR: can not access '/etc/amanda-security.conf': > Permission denied (ruid:63998 euid:63998) HOST localhost ERROR: can > not access '/etc/amanda-security.conf': Permission denied (ruid:63998 > euid:63998) Client check: 1 host checked in 2.169 seconds. 2 problems > found. > > Make up your mind: who do you want to own /etc/amanda-security.conf? > > xinetd runs the client as > > user = amandabackup > group = disk Whereas I have user=amanda and group=backup and backup is a member of group disk. Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
