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

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.

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