Hi List Thanks for your help and direction.
As a previous post from Paul stated my /etc/fstab entries for the mounted /tmp shouldn't prevent amanda from writing the debug logs So I am going go back to basics and trouble shoot why "amcheck' report `selfcheck request timed out" for my web server. Cheers On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 10:50 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 05 September 2006 10:18, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator > wrote: > >Hi List > > > >Is it possible to set the AMANDA_DBGDIR directory (usually /tmp/amanda) > >to some thing else example /usr/tmp/amanda . > > Yes you can Chuck, but its in the configuration as you prepare to build > amanda, not in the amanda.conf. So to move it, you'll need to build the > tarball. 2.4.2 is now very long in the tooth anyway. > > Here is an example of my ./configure drivers script: > -------- > #!/bin/sh > # since I'm always forgetting to su amanda... > if [ `whoami` != 'amanda' ]; then > echo > echo "!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning !!!!!!!!!!!!" > echo "Amanda needs to be configured and built by the user amanda," > echo "but must be installed by user root." > echo > exit 1 > fi > make clean > rm -f config.status config.cache > ./configure --with-user=amanda \ > --with-group=disk \ > --with-owner=amanda \ > --with-gnu-ld \ > --prefix=/usr/local \ > --with-tapedev="FILE:/amandatapes" \ > --with-debugging=/tmp/amanda-dbg/ \ > --with-tape-server=coyote \ > --with-bsdtcp-security --with-amandahosts \ > --with-configdir=/usr/local/etc/amanda \ > --with-config=Daily \ > --with-gnutar=/usr/local/bin/tar > > make > -------------- > > Its possible that the SuSe src rpm could be rebuilt after the appropriate > edits and effect the change that way, but I've never tried that, mainly > because most of the rpms are also configured to accept localhost, a huge > security hole but its the only way to make an rpm that will run anyplace. > > I can build and install a new tarball snapshot and amcheck it, on two > machines in less than 20 minutes. The above script is of course for the > server, the clients script is slightly simpler. > > >I am using Amanda 2.4.2 that came with SuSE Linux ES 9 server. > >Which was installed using Yast. > > > >Cheers > > > >Chuck > > > > Tue, 2006-09-05 at 13:49 +0100, Chuck Amadi Systems Administrator > > >wrote: > >> Hi List > >> > >> Got a good one here! > >> > >> Mi boss decode to tighten up are new web server which is due to be > >> commissioned soon thus when I re partitioned the hard disk I created > >> new disks and thus create a /tmp dir mounted on /dev/hda9 > >> > >> Thus here is my /etc/ftsab thus I stopped the possibilities of runing > >> any executables from the /tmp directory but thus amanda cant create > >> selfchecks in /tmp/amanda > >> > >> /dev/hda9/tmp reiserfs noexec,auto,nouser,rw,async,nosuid 1 2 > >> > >> Thus I am using amanda default program using Yast2 So is there a > >> parameter I can change on the client to use and create another > >> directory for example /usr/tmp/amanda which /usr directory has fstab > >> entry as below > >> > >> /dev/hda8 /usr reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2 > >> > >> Cheers > -- Unix/ Linux Systems Administrator Chuck Amadi The Surgical Material Testing Laboratory (SMTL), Princess of Wales Hospital Coity Road Bridgend, United Kingdom, CF31 1RQ. Email chuck.smtl.co.uk Tel: +44 1656 752820 Fax: +44 1656 752830
