Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-02 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 03:46, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:51:56 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 02 October 2009, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 03:46, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:51:56 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-02 Thread Nathan Stratton Treadway
On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 16:32:57 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Humm, from /etc/passwd: amanda:x:1001:6:...:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 21:46:37 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: So you don't even have a user amanda, nor a /home/amanda

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 02 October 2009, Nathan Stratton Treadway wrote: On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 16:32:57 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: Humm, from /etc/passwd: amanda:x:1001:6:...:/var/lib/amanda:/bin/bash backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 21:46:37 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: This is how it came out of the deb packages.  I assume it worked, for *buntu's. So the problem now is how to specify that while the amanda user is named amanda on this box, the amanda user is named backup on that box.

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: This is how it came out of the deb packages. I assume it worked, for *buntu's. So the problem now is how to specify that while the amanda user is named amanda

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
So what failed when you ran the backup with your regular configuration? Amanda shouldn't have any problem with this -- usernames on the client are, more or less, isolated from usernames on the server. The only interaction is in .amandahosts, which must list the server-side username. Dustin --

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: So what failed when you ran the backup with your regular configuration? Amanda shouldn't have any problem with this -- usernames on the client are, more or less, isolated from usernames on the server. The only interaction is in .amandahosts,

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: Many many thanks for the hint, but it was confusing that it was the Shop:/home/amanda/.amandahosts file I fixed, and not the Shop:/home/backup/.amandahosts.

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: Many many thanks for the hint, but it was confusing that it was the Shop:/home/amanda/.amandahosts file I fixed, and not the Shop:/home/backup/.amandahosts. Presumably backup's home directory (in /etc/passwd) is

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: Many many thanks for the hint, but it was confusing that it was the Shop:/home/amanda/.amandahosts file I fixed, and not the Shop:/home/backup/.amandahosts.

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: Many many thanks for the hint, but it was confusing that it was the

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: Many many thanks for the

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:51:56 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: See? Its sort of a

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-10-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:51:56 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:58:48 -0400 Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: On Thursday 01 October 2009,

user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-09-30 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I just nuked the amanda install, then re-installed on that box, so now everything is as user:group=root:root except the runtar related stuffs. From that install, an ls -la of /usr/lib/amanda: total 204 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root4096 2009-09-30 22:14 . drwxr-xr-x 115 root root

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-09-30 Thread Dustin J. Mitchell
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: I just nuked the amanda install, then re-installed on that box, so now everything is as user:group=root:root except the runtar related stuffs. I'm so confused -- is this related to the permissions work we've been

Re: user amanda on server, user backup on client, access denied to ama...@coyote.coyote.den

2009-09-30 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 30 September 2009, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gene Heskett gene.hesk...@verizon.net wrote: I just nuked the amanda install, then re-installed on that box, so now everything is as user:group=root:root except the runtar related stuffs. I'm so