On Wednesday 08 May 2019 01:37:03 pm Debra S Baddorf wrote:
> > On May 7, 2019, at 9:38 PM, Gene Heskett
> > wrote:
> >
> > echo "!! Warning !!!"
> > echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the"
> > echo "user amanda, but must be installed by
> "CH" == Chris Hassell writes:
CH> Most build systems these days recommend building entirely as a
CH> normal user (even Debian?) and the chown-and-other-ops are done with
CH> careful setuid privileges given to the build system.
CH> RPM and rpmbuild have been doing it that way for years.
* Chris Hoogendyk [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
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
Most build systems these days recommend building entirely as a normal
user (even Debian?) and the chown-and-other-ops are done with careful
setuid privileges given to the build system.
RPM and rpmbuild have been doing it that way for years.
On 5/8/19 11:37 AM, Debra S Baddorf wrote:
>
>> On May
> On May 7, 2019, at 9:38 PM, Gene Heskett 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
On Wednesday 08 May 2019 01:48:03 am Jon LaBadie wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 12:01:42AM +, Chris Hassell wrote:
> > I don't allow a script to alter the repo unless it's in big neon.
>
> ...
>
> > It does (if I recall correctly) require a user "amandabackup" to
> > exist, but that's all.
