I guess it must be a check thats compiled in? Try recompiling, if I remember (its been a while...) its something like --with-amanda-user=amanda [or whichever user you are using] --with-amanda-group=sys [in your case] Best to check this in the docs though!
-----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 June 2002 18:25 To: Spicer, Kevin Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: disk offline - runtar as root borzoi 63# pwd /usr/freeware/libexec -rwsr-x--- 1 root sys 21876 May 31 17:36 runtar /etc/group: borzoi 6% cat /etc/group sys::0:root,bin,sys,adm,amanda root::0:root daemon::1:root,daemon bin::2:root,bin,daemon adm::3:root,adm,daemon mail::4:root uucp::5:uucp rje::8: lp:*:9: nuucp::10:nuucp user::20:amanda CMWlogin::994: other::995: demos:*:997: guest:*:998: nobody:*:60001: runtar attempt as user amanda: borzoi 8% whoami amanda borzoi 7% ./runtar runtar: error [must be invoked by root] How do did you get runtar: error [must be invoked by amanda] ? thank you, -Jonathan Murray Spicer, Kevin wrote: > cd /usr/local/libexec > chown root:amanda runtar > chmod 4750 runtar > > assuming runtar is in usr/local/libexec and that the amanda user is in the amanda >group... > > But... I suspect that you haven't got runtar in the right group (or the amanda user >in the right group) as your message suggests runtar is generating the error. > When try to invoke runtar on my system (as myself) I get > runtar: error [must be invoked by amanda] > I don't know whether this check is hardwired in at compile time - in which case you >may need to recompile? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 06 June 2002 15:25 > To: Jonathan Murray > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: disk offline - runtar as root > > > It appears that the client isn't running runtar as root. Does anyone > know how to force the client to run runtar as root? > > Thanks, > > Jonathan Murray > > from report: > > FAILURE AND STRANGE DUMP SUMMARY: > borzoi /dev/dsk/dks0d2s7 lev 0 FAILED [disk /dev/dsk/dks0d2s7 > offline on borzoi?] > borzoi /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0 lev 0 FAILED [disk /dev/dsk/dks0d1s0 > offline on borzoi?] > > > > on client: > > calculating for amname '/dev/dsk/dks0d2s7', dirname '/borzoi' > sendsize: getting size via gnutar for /dev/dsk/dks0d2s7 level 0 > sendsize: missing exclude list file "/usr/local/lib/amanda/exclude.gtar" > discarded > sendsize: spawning /usr/freeware/libexec/runtar in pipeline > sendsize: argument list: /usr/freeware/bin/tar --create --file /dev/null > --directory /borzoi --one-file-system --listed-incremental > /var/amanda/gnutar-lists/borzoi_dev_dsk_dks0d2s7_0.new --sparse > --ignore-failed-read --totals . > runtar: error [must be invoked by root] > > >
