Mike lemoine wrote:
Actually, I had it backwards. In the xinetd.conf I had amandad{ user = root} and
that worked. The
--with-user=root, was something I tried a few hours ago. I'm a little dizzy from
staring at amanda so much trying to
solve a different problem. Sorry.
> Well, assuming that one doesn't want amanda running as root, has anyone else had and
>solved
> this problem?
>
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Lalo Castro wrote:
>
> > I had the same problem, but reconfigured it with ./configure --with-user=root, and
>that cleared it up.
> >
> > Mike lemoine wrote:
> >
> > > I've seen this error covered a few times in the archives, but
> > > none of the solutions seem to help.
> > >
> > > sh-2.04$ uname -a
> > > Linux <HOSTNAME> 2.2.16-22 #1 Tue Aug 22 16:49:06 EDT 2000 i686 pld
> > > ---
> > >
> > > sh-2.04$ id
> > > uid=65432(amanda) gid=6(disk)
>groups=6(disk),0(root),1(bin),3(sys),4(adm),10(wheel),65432(amanda)
> > > (Excessive, I know.. I'll pare it down when things are working)
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Configure looked like:
> > > ./configure --with-user=amanda --with-group=disk --prefix=/usr/amanda
>--without-server --with-gnutar=/bin/tar
> > > ---
> > >
> > > sh-2.04$ ls -ld /dev/hda8
> > > brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 8 Aug 24 2000 /dev/hda8
> > > ---
> > >
> > > sh-2.04$ head /dev/hda8
> > > <Stuff> It works.
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Amanda Backup Client Hosts Check
> > > --------------------------------
> > > ERROR: <F.Q.D.N>: [could not access /dev/hda8 (/dev/hda8): Permission denied]
> > > ---
> > >
> > > from amandad.debug:
> > > Amanda 2.4 REP HANDLE 002-00057928 SEQ 1001532809
> > > OPTIONS ;
> > > ERROR [could not access /dev/hda8 (/dev/hda8): Permission denied]
> > > OK /sbin/dump executable
> > > OK /sbin/restore executable
> > > OK /bin/gzip executable
> > > OK /etc/dumpdates read/writable
> > > OK /dev/null read/writable
> > > OK /tmp/amanda has more than 64 KB available.
> > > OK /tmp/amanda has more than 64 KB available.
> > > OK /etc has more than 64 KB available.
> > > ---
> > >
> > > from selfcheck.debug
> > > selfcheck: debug 1 pid 2306 ruid 65432 euid 65432 start time Wed Sep 26 12:31:18
>2001
> > > /usr/amanda/libexec/selfcheck: version 2.4.2p2
> > > selfcheck: checking disk /dev/hda8
> > > selfcheck: device /dev/hda8
> > > selfcheck: could not access /dev/hda8 (/dev/hda8): Permission denied
> > > selfcheck: pid 2306 finish time Wed Sep 26 12:31:18 2001
> > > ---
> > >
> > > I have amanda working wonderfully on a few solaris boxes here (sol8-sparc and
> > > sol7-i86pc), but RH7.1 is giving me issues.
> >
