Re: new problem, amrecover can't find disklist (continued)

On Friday 02 October 2020 08:32:47 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:

> Am 02.10.20 um 11:57 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > On Friday 02 October 2020 03:26:01 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >> (resent with correct subscriber email for the ML)
> >>
> >> Am 30.09.20 um 15:21 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> >>> Sample:
> >>>
> >>> HOST lathe ERROR: security file '/etc/amanda-security.conf' do not
> >>> allow to run '/usr/bin/tar' as root for 'amgtar:gnutar_path'
> >>>
> >>> How do I fix this? Its only been working fine for a decade or
> >>> more. Paranoia really should be painfull...
> >>
> >> That's rather easy.
> >>
> >> Edit /etc/amanda-security.conf
> >> and enable/add the line like
> >>
> >> amgtar:gnutar_path=/usr/bin/tar
> >
> > Already did that, and 2 backups have been successful.
>
> Ah, good. That security measure came with a later release of amanda,
> maybe you upgraded recently?

I haven't, but that amanda-client is from the debian 10 repo, and no 
doubt newer that my home 3.5.1 builds. From "apt list amanda-client" on 
that machine:
amanda-client/stable,now 1:3.5.1-2+b2 amd64 [installed]

Thanks Stefan.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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