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Make sure all directories and files are readable and writable by the Amanda user, within the directory you specified as `infofile' in `amanda.conf'. From then on, only run amanda server commands (amadmin, amdump, amflush, amcleanup) as the Amanda user, not as root.
Make sure all directories and files are readable and writable by the Amanda user, within the directory you specified as `infofile' in `amanda.conf'. From then on, only run amanda server commands (amadmin, amdump, amflush, amcleanup) as the Amanda user, not as root.
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In general it is a good idea to do something like
  chown -R amanda:disk /usr/adm/amanda
at the the time you create the infofile and its related directory. (Adjust user/group and path to your installation.)

Revision as of 10:09, 15 November 2005

--- This text was originally contributed to the AMANDA-FAQ-O-Matic by [email protected]. ---

Make sure all directories and files are readable and writable by the Amanda user, within the directory you specified as `infofile' in `amanda.conf'. From then on, only run amanda server commands (amadmin, amdump, amflush, amcleanup) as the Amanda user, not as root.



In general it is a good idea to do something like

  chown -R amanda:disk /usr/adm/amanda

at the the time you create the infofile and its related directory. (Adjust user/group and path to your installation.)