On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 16:34, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Mon, Dec 29, 2003 at 03:53:41PM -0600, Greg Copeland wrote: > > It's been several years since I last used Amanda and am having trouble > > remembering some of the details from the last time I used it. I'm > > attempting to backup 2 linux boxen and 1 win box, using amanda. On the > > Linux box, what is the preferred user and group names that amanda should > > run as? Is there such a thing? Is there a reason why I would not want > > amanda to simply run as root? > > The concept of minimal privledges for the task. > > Some programs require you to be root to run them (recoveries come to mind) > and others run automatically require root suid. > > > > I guess I may have to break down an actually read, in length, the > > provided documentation, if I continue to have problems. :( > > Oh my gosh, what a concept :)
I understand that your response was followed with a smiley, however, it was less than helpful. As I previously stated, I have used amanda before, so, an in depth reading should not be required. I have also spent a fair amount of time reviewing (thus the, "in length", comment in my original posting), the available documentation and the faq-o-matic. To date, your message nor the sources that I've reviewed answered my very simple question. Care to follow up with a more helpful response? Thank you, -- Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Owner, Copeland Computer Consulting Phone: 940.206.8004 Fax: 940.497.3195
