> On Feb 4, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Alan Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 15:36 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Greetings all;
>>
>> Updating both to newer hardware for machines and installing debian
>> buster, but amcheck says that the /etc/amanda-security.conf file won't
>> let me run tar as root, but the real problem is that
>> the /etc/amanda-security.conf file does not exist.
>>
>> Who owns it, I assume its 0600 for perms, and whats it supposed to say?
>>
>> Thanks everybody.
>>
>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>
> Not a Debian system, but:
>
> hades ~ # ls -l /etc/amanda-security.conf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root amanda 56 Sep 20 2016 /etc/amanda-security.conf
>
> hades ~ # cat /etc/amanda-security.conf
> amgtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar
> runtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar
>
> There's also a manpage for it on my systems.
Contents on my machines: (can be entirely commented out; that’s how it starts)
======== amanda-security.conf ============
############################################################
# /etc/amanda-security.conf #
# #
# See: man amanda-security.conf #
# #
# This file must be installed at /etc/amanda-security.conf #
# #
# It list all executables amanda can execute as root. #
# This file must contains realpath to executable, with #
# all symbolic links resolved. #
# You can use the 'realpath' command to find them. #
# #
# It list program and a symbolic name for the program #
# Followed by the realpath of the binary #
# #
# Uncomment and edit the following lines to let Amanda to #
# use customized system commands. If multiple PATH is #
# necessary, please put them in different lines. #
# e.g.: #
# amgtar:GNUTAR_PATH=/usr/bin/tar #
# amgtar:GNUTAR_PATH=/usr/bin/tar-1.28 #
# #
# If a program and symbolic name is not listed, then the #
# configured binary is allowed to be run as root. #
# You can find the configured binary with amgetconf #
# amgetconf build.gnutar_path #
# amgetconf build.star_path #
# amgetconf build.bsdtar_path #
# #
############################################################
#runtar:gnutar_path=/bin/tar
#amgtar:gnutar_path=/bin/tar
#amstar:star_path=/usr/bin/star
#ambsdtar:bsdtar_path=/usr/bin/bsdtar
#restore_by_amanda_user=no
