On Friday 21 June 2019 12:23:33 Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 10:37:59 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 21 June 2019 10:27:37 C. Scheeder wrote: > > > Hi, > > > As far as i recal this is an expected behavior for this version of > > > amanda. > > > > > > short explanation: > > > > > > amcheck does all work as normal user, so if the user hasn't access > > > to the full tree up to the root dir it will complain it can't > > > access these dirs. > > > > > > amdump does the backups with elevated rights, so it can access > > > these dirs without a problem. > > > > > > That isn't nice but i have learned to live with it.... > > > > Arrrgh, spit. But it is also the only explanation that makes any > > sense, so I guess I'll have to do likewise. > > Gene, these DLEs are using GNUTAR dumptypes, right?
No, not in at least a decade, Nathan. I think, but haven't tried it, that my estimate phase might be too real. > Have you tried using the amgtar application rather than GNUTAR > anywhere? With v3.5 on the server and Stretch on this client, you > should be all set to switch. I haven't actually tested your scenario > myself, but I'm fairly certain that amgtar's design allows it to avoid > this particular permission problem, so you might find this a good > reason to make the switch to amgtar at this point.... Been using its since around 2.4 IIRC. Long long time anyway. > Nathan > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >------ Nathan Stratton Treadway - [email protected] - 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 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) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
