Re: new debian buster install, missing /etc/amanda-security.conf file

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


There's also a manpage for it on my systems.