On Thursday 04 February 2021 15:49:21 Alan Hodgson wrote: > On Thu, 2021-02-04 at 15:36 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > Updating both to newer hardware for machines and installing debian > > buster, but amcheck says that the /etc/amanda-security.conf file > > won't let me run tar as root, but the real problem is that the > > /etc/amanda-security.conf file does not exist. > > Who owns it, I assume its 0600 for perms, and whats it supposed to > > say? Thanks everybody. > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > Not a Debian system, but: > > hades ~ # ls -l /etc/amanda-security.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root amanda 56 Sep 20 2016 /etc/amanda-security.conf > > > > hades ~ # cat /etc/amanda-security.conf > amgtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar > > runtar:gnutar_path:/bin/tar
Never uncommented this one in years, don't use anything but amgtar. > > There's also a manpage for it on my systems. I got it, copied it from another buster install, then had to edit it cuz buster moved tar to /usr/bin. But I just this instant got it down to zero errors. Thanks Alan. Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
