* Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:07:12:17:49:06-0400] scribed: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:31:09AM -0500, Michael D Schleif wrote: > > * Jon LaBadie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006:07:12:00:09:07-0400] scribed: > > <snip /> > > > > > When asked to, and if run by root, they record the date and > > > time and level of the dumps in a file /etc/dumpdates. This > > > file then can be used by dump in the future to decide what > > > needs backing up at various dump levels. > > > > > > Tar does not have this built-in, so amanda mimics it in > > > /etc/amandates. > > > > My point is, on _my_ amanda server, that files does NOT exist: > > > > # sudo ls /etc/ama* > > Password: > > /etc/amandahosts /etc/amandapass > > > > /etc/amanda: > > DailySet1 crontab.amanda > > > > What am I missing? > > On each client that is using tar for dumping you need > /etc/amandadates, owned by client's "amandauser/group", > rw by user&group > > If your server is also a client, then you need that file.
My point is that I do NOT have any /etc/amandates on server, NOR clients. Although, Olivier Nicole states that I can simply create my own, and amanda will use it; I remain unclear about this file, because I do NOT find it documented anywhere ?!?! > amandahosts should be ".amandahosts" and it should not > be in /etc, but in the home directory of amandauser. Well, Debian uses /etc/amandahosts on server and clients: # dpkg -S /etc/amandahosts amanda-common: /etc/amandahosts > BTW in your line: > > > # sudo ls /etc/ama* > > Do you really need to sudo to execute ls on the /etc dir? > Particularly if you are already running as root ('# ' prompt). Actually, I am NOT root; and I have a more complex prompt, which I edit to simplify my posts: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # sudo ls -al /etc/amanda* -rw------- 1 backup backup 182 Oct 8 2005 /etc/amandahosts -rw------- 1 backup backup 455 Jul 29 2004 /etc/amandapass /etc/amanda: total 12 drwxrwx--- 3 backup backup 1024 May 27 11:36 . drwxr-xr-x 149 root root 7168 Jul 13 03:11 .. drwxrwx--- 3 backup backup 3072 Jul 13 05:49 DailySet1 -rw-rw---- 1 backup backup 490 Nov 2 2003 crontab.amanda Thank you, for your participation in these issues ... -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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